Chapter Summaries

After returning to Fenlai City as the celebrated Imperial Bulwark, Lin Yinuo met with Ailina and Hogg to plan the Baruch Clan’s growth and prepare for the attention his Magic Cannon had attracted. He left them with new assignments and resolved to build a strong foundation on the Yulan Continent before reaching for the High Planes.

• Lin Yinuo returned to Fenlai City with Linley and received a grand welcome at the Ernst Institute, where Headmaster Harrington praised him.
• Ailina reported that their funds and secret workshops were thriving, and Lin Yinuo ordered her to expand their intelligence network while abandoning compromised channels.
• Hogg warned Lin Yinuo that the empire, both major churches, and the Alchemy Kingdom’s Craftsman God Mountain were watching him and the Magic Cannon.
• Hogg told Lin Yinuo that the Baruch Clan had secured Wushan Town and was recovering, but Lin Yinuo said the clan needed ambitions beyond the Yulan Continent.
• Lin Yinuo instructed Hogg to strengthen the clan and Ailina to gather intelligence and stockpile resources, then decided to enter seclusion and prepare for future challenges.

After receiving the Radiant Church’s invitation, Lin Yinuo checked in at an abandoned observatory beneath the purple moon and gained a soul-concealment technique and a beacon to the Gebados Planar Prison. He planned to use the Church’s approach to secure a reason to enter the Necropolis of the Gods and pursue opportunities beyond the Yulan Continent.

• Lin Yinuo ignored the factions probing him and received the Radiant Church’s invitation to meet at Fenlai City’s cathedral in three days.
• Lin Yinuo checked in at the observatory beneath the purple moon and received the Soul Concealment Technique and the Dimensional Beacon (Fragment) · Gebados.
• Lin Yinuo used the Soul Concealment Technique to suppress his unusual aura.
• Lin Yinuo studied the beacon, sensed the Gebados Planar Prison and its unstable weak points, and connected it to an entrance in the Necropolis of the Gods.
• Lin Yinuo decided to use the Radiant Church’s invitation to negotiate for entry to the Necropolis of the Gods and prepare to pursue the Planar Prison.

Lin Yinuo met Bishop Alvin at the Radiant Church, deflected the Church’s attempts to obtain his Magic Cannon technology and recruit him, and discovered a hidden aura belonging to the Sovereign of Death. He left the cathedral without making contact, judging that he needed greater strength before approaching the mysterious presence.

• Lin Yinuo met Bishop Alvin in a side chamber of the cathedral and concealed his spiritual fluctuations with the Soul Concealment Technique.
• Bishop Alvin asked Lin Yinuo to help the Church promote the Magic Cannon, but Lin Yinuo refused, citing scarce materials, unreplicable teachings, and the emperor’s orders.
• Bishop Alvin probed Lin Yinuo’s exceptional elemental affinity and invited him to embrace the Sovereign of Light, but Lin Yinuo said he preferred exploring the laws of all things.
• The Dimensional Beacon sensed a powerful trace of death and destruction behind a wall bearing a saint’s portrait, and Lin Yinuo suspected the Sovereign of Death’s avatar was nearby.
• Lin Yinuo’s words about exploring other ultimate truths caused the hidden aura to fluctuate, confirming his suspicion, though Bishop Alvin noticed nothing.
• Lin Yinuo left the cathedral and decided not to approach the hidden presence until he had more strength and leverage.

As the Necropolis of the Gods drew closer to opening, Lin Yinuo used his beacon to study the unstable passage toward Gebados and prepared for the dangers ahead. He began training Linley to control his Baruch bloodline, while planning to use the necropolis as a gateway to the Gebados Planar Prison.

• Lin Yinuo confirmed that the Radiant Church continued to watch him and that news of the Necropolis of the Gods had reached the continent’s upper circles.
• Linley asked Lin Yinuo about the necropolis and said he wanted to grow stronger and restore the Baruch Clan’s glory.
• Lin Yinuo explained the dangers and entry requirements, then taught Linley basic bloodline guidance and physical tempering from the Dragonblood Secret Canon.
• Lin Yinuo gathered records about the necropolis and used the [Plane Beacon] to sense the growing instability of the passage toward Gebados.
• Lin Yinuo formed an ordinary black pebble from a faint spatial fluctuation and considered checking in near the necropolis entrance.

Lin Yinuo checked in at the unstable spatial barrier near the future entrance to the Necropolis of the Gods, gaining a fragment of space law and a disguise mark. He used his new spatial insight to win the Ernst Institute’s guaranteed place in the expedition, while news of his abilities spread among the continent’s factions.

• Lin Yinuo fell just short of the selection’s level-seven requirement, then followed the Plane Beacon into the Magical Beast Mountain Range to investigate the unstable barrier.
• Lin Yinuo checked in at the edge of the interplanar passage and received the Space Law Fragment · Ripple and the One-Time Space Mark · Disguise.
• Lin Yinuo studied spatial ripples and learned to sense and subtly influence space before the institute’s selection assessment began.
• Lin Yinuo endured the Elemental Tide with ease and pierced the target using a distorted Fire Condensation Finger, astonishing the judges.
• Headmaster Harrington recognized that Lin Yinuo had touched the laws of space, and Lin Yinuo won the institute’s sole guaranteed place as news of his talent reached powerful factions.

As the Necropolis of the Gods opened, Lin Yinuo entered with the Ernst Institute party, then explored alone and discovered a rift connected to Gebados Prison. After receiving coordinates tied to Bluefire, he sensed a battle near Linley and Headmaster Harrington and rushed to help.

• Lin Yinuo concealed his strength as the factions gathered, then entered the Necropolis of the Gods with Headmaster Harrington, Linley, and the other students.
• Headmaster Harrington warned the students about the necropolis's dangers, but Lin Yinuo chose to explore alone while Linley stayed with the headmaster.
• Lin Yinuo followed the Plane Beacon to a fragile rift node connected to Gebados Prison and checked in to receive a Spatial Stabilization Scroll and Bluefire's Prison Coordinates.
• Lin Yinuo sensed fighting near Linley and Headmaster Harrington and hurried toward them to protect Linley's growth.

Linley awakened his Dragonblood Warrior bloodline while fighting skeletal beasts, and Lin Yinuo secretly protected him from a Saint-level undead with spatial interference. After Harrington took Linley to recover, Lin Yinuo pursued his own search for a suitable route into the Planar Prison.

• Lin Yinuo found Headmaster Harrington battling a Saint-level undead while Linley and Bebe struggled against three skeletal magical beasts.
• As a skeletal beast nearly struck his heart, Linley awakened his Dragonblood Warrior bloodline, crushed one beast’s claw, and broke another’s skull.
• Lin Yinuo guided Linley’s mind so he could control the rampaging bloodline power, then diverted the Saint-level undead’s attack with spatial ripples.
• Harrington seized the opening created by the missed attack and destroyed the Saint-level undead with a Holy Light Judgment Sword.
• Lin Yinuo told Harrington to take the exhausted Linley away, then collected bone fragments and continued toward a Plane Beacon to seek a suitable node for entering the Planar Prison.

Lin Yinuo used a soul transmission technique to contact Leylin Baruch, the imprisoned future Sovereign Bluefire, and offered to serve as a channel to the outside world. They agreed to exchange information and cultivation guidance, leaving Lin Yinuo with a connection that could help him intervene in Gebados Planar Prison later.

• Lin Yinuo checked in at the Planar Prison Core Rift and obtained the Directed Soul Transmission Technique and a Fire Elemental Laws Fragment.
• Lin Yinuo used the technique to send a message to Bluefire inside his isolated cage in Gebados Planar Prison.
• Leylin Baruch traced the transmission to Lin Yinuo and questioned how the young man could help him.
• Lin Yinuo offered to share information about the outside world and potentially help manage order in the prison in the future.
• Leylin agreed to exchange information for guidance in the Fire Elemental Laws, then sent Lin Yinuo foundational insights.
• Lin Yinuo left the abyss, while Leylin recognized him as a member of the Baruch Clan.

Lin Yinuo returned from the Necropolis of the Gods with new insights and a stronger concealment technique, then assessed the Baruch Clan’s progress and prepared to leave the Yulan Continent for the High Planes. He left the clan in Hogg’s care and planned final preparations before beginning his wider journey.

• Lin Yinuo checked in at the Divine War Lightning Ruins and gained a Swiftness fragment of the Laws of Lightning and the Merging with Heaven and Earth concealment art.
• Lin Yinuo reunited with Headmaster Harrington and Linley at the Necropolis entrance, where Linley had awakened his Dragonblood Warrior bloodline and advanced to the middle of the seventh rank.
• Lin Yinuo returned to the Yulan Continent with the survivors, then spent several days refining his gains and tracking political changes through Ailina’s intelligence network.
• Hogg told Lin Yinuo and Linley that the Baruch Clan controlled Wushan Town and three nearby towns, had recruited more than three hundred guards, and had entered mineral and medicinal herb trades.
• Lin Yinuo urged Hogg and Linley to focus on cultivation and told Hogg he planned to leave the institute to travel, while Hogg promised the clan would support his sons.
• Lin Yinuo concluded that the Yulan Continent would serve as his rear base and set his sights on the High Planes after making final preparations.

Lin Yinuo prepared to leave the Yulan Continent by entrusting Linley, Ailina, and Hogg with guidance and responsibilities. After receiving a mark and message from the Sovereign of Death, he departed for the Magical Beast Mountain Range to seek passage to the Infernal Realm.

• Lin Yinuo gave Linley an inheritance crystal and a single-use teleportation token, then urged him to protect the clan and grow at his own pace.
• Lin Yinuo entrusted Ailina with plans for the Shadow Commerce Guild, intelligence network, and limited communication between planes.
• Lin Yinuo explained the clan’s future direction to Hogg and shared his expectations for Linley.
• Lin Yinuo checked in outside the Radiant Church and received an incomplete Sovereign’s Might clue and a mark from the Sovereign of Death, who told him she would await him in the Netherworld.
• Lin Yinuo left Fenlai City alone at dawn and headed for the Magical Beast Mountain Range to seek a way to the Infernal Realm.

Lin Yinuo arrived in the Infernal Realm and learned that the system had upgraded to weekly sign-ins with improved rewards and more Fate Missions. After defeating a Lowgod who tried to rob him, he left the teleportation point to find a safe place to plan his next move.

• Lin Yinuo arrived in the Infernal Realm and adapted to its extreme gravity and violent elemental energy.
• The system upgraded to the High Plane Edition, changing daily sign-ins to weekly sign-ins and adding more Fate Missions.
• A scar-faced Lowgod demanded Lin Yinuo's interspatial ring, but Lin Yinuo refused and told him to scram.
• The scar-faced man attacked, and Lin Yinuo used Fire Condensation Finger to destroy his fist and half his arm.
• Lin Yinuo left the teleportation point and headed toward the black mountains to find a secluded place.

After arriving in the Infernal Realm, Lin Yinuo gained a fragment of the Edict of Destruction and Soul Stone Essence from his first weekly check-in. He practiced annihilation-infused attacks on his way to Blood Peak City, where he planned to gather resources and establish Dragon Shadow’s first base.

• Lin Yinuo hid in a cave in the Bloodstained Wasteland and received the Edict of Destruction Fragment · Annihilation and ten pieces of Soul Stone Essence from his weekly check-in.
• Lin Yinuo absorbed Soul Stone Essence and incorporated a trace of annihilation into his Fire Condensation Finger, making part of a rock vanish without heat or sound.
• Lin Yinuo learned that he was on the outskirts of Zijing Continent and set out for Blood Peak City to find information, resources, and a foothold for Dragon Shadow.
• Lin Yinuo fought Infernal Realm magical beasts along the way, using his new destructive power to defeat them and collect materials.
• Lin Yinuo reached Blood Peak City and headed for its gates, planning to earn Inkstones and establish Dragon Shadow’s first base.

Lin Yinuo passed the Fiend Trial by collecting Venomous Poison Lizard crystal cores in Rotbone Swamp, where he tested the Destruction Rule’s Annihilation Blade. On his way back, he rescued three Lowgods, recruited them into Dragon Shadow, and headed toward Blood Peak City with his new subordinates.

• Lin Yinuo exchanged magical beast materials for Inkstones, entered the Fiend Trial, and received a mission to collect ten Venomous Poison Lizard crystal cores in Rotbone Swamp.
• Lin Yinuo used Annihilation Blade to kill a Lowgod lizard leader and its pack, then completed the mission in fewer than ten Hell days.
• Lin Yinuo encountered Baton, Carl, and Amy surrounded by Shadow Hunters and killed the beasts with controlled Annihilation Blades.
• Baton, Carl, and Amy agreed to follow Lin Yinuo, completing his fate mission and earning him a Midgod Earth Attribute Divine Spark, Soul Brand, and one million Inkstones.
• Lin Yinuo gave the three Lowgod dark-attribute divine sparks and named them the first members of Dragon Shadow before leading them toward Blood Peak City.

After passing the One-Star Fiend assessment, Lin Yinuo established Dragon Shadow’s temporary base in Blood Peak City and assigned Baton, Carl, and Amy their duties. As he cultivated and gathered intelligence, he set his sights on Zijing Main City and planned to raise his Fiend rank through more dangerous missions.

• Lin Yinuo turned in the Venomous Poison Lizard cores, passed the One-Star Fiend assessment, and received his Fiend Medal and robe.
• Lin Yinuo rented a residence in Blood Peak City and made it Dragon Shadow’s temporary base, assigning Baton to intelligence, Carl to contacts and supplies, and Amy to base management and recruitment.
• Lin Yinuo rejected refining the Earth Midgod divine spark and focused on comprehending laws and rules while his subordinates began their work.
• Lin Yinuo’s weekly check-in granted him seven days of accelerated law comprehension and a Lowgod Artifact Embryo, which he began nurturing within himself.
• Baton reported that Zijing Main City was the heart of the Zijing Continent and that permanent residence required Five-Star Fiend strength or enormous wealth.
• Lin Yinuo ordered Baton to investigate routes and opportunities in Zijing Main City, then decided to pursue a difficult Two-Star or Three-Star Fiend mission to build strength and renown.

Lin Yinuo accepted a dangerous mission to destroy the Bloodblade Bandit Group and defeated its forces with a newly fused attack combining destruction and spatial power. After he vanished from Hurricane Canyon, witnesses spread the name “Dragonblood Asura” through Blood Peak City.

• Lin Yinuo accepted the Bloodblade Bandit Group mission alone and traveled to Hurricane Canyon.
• Lin Yinuo killed the guards and evaded the bandits’ attacks using the spatial profound mystery Void Ripple.
• Lin Yinuo unleashed Annihilation Tremor, annihilating more than thirty Lowgod core members in one strike.
• Lin Yinuo defeated Blood Blade by destroying his blood-wave attack and divine body, then wiped out the fleeing Saint bandits.
• Lin Yinuo collected the spoils and left as other Fiends arrived, while witnesses began calling him Dragonblood Asura.

After Lin Yinuo’s victory over the Bloodblade Bandit Group made him a Three-Star Fiend, he rejected a veteran squad’s attempt to recruit him and learned how to reach and qualify for Zijing Main City. A check-in at Blood Peak City’s Asura Statue granted him a faint Willpower blessing and the Eye of Illusion-Breaking, and he set his sights on becoming a Five-Star Fiend before leaving.

• Lin Yinuo became a Three-Star Fiend and received more than four million Inkstones, drawing attention from merchants, squads, and local families.
• Venom Fang and his squad tried to recruit Lin Yinuo, but he refused and used his destructive and spatial pressure to frighten them into leaving.
• Barton told Lin Yinuo that Zijing Main City could be reached by costly teleportation or a long journey, and that a hundred consecutive Asura Arena victories could earn permanent residency and the title of Quasi-Asura.
• Lin Yinuo decided to strengthen himself and raise his Fiend rank before traveling to Zijing Main City.
• Lin Yinuo checked in beneath the Asura Statue and received a faint Willpower blessing and the beginner Divine Ability Eye of Illusion-Breaking.
• Lin Yinuo headed to the Fiend Castle to pursue more dangerous missions and make his final push toward Five-Star Fiend rank.

Lin Yinuo accepted a dangerous Five-Star mission, used the Eye of Illusion-Breaking and his Willpower to find and kill the Blackwater Profound Serpent, and was promoted to Five-Star Fiend. After leaving resources and instructions for Baton and the others, he used a teleportation talisman to reach Zijing Main City.

• Lin Yinuo accepted the mission to hunt the Blackwater Profound Serpent and traveled alone to Despair Swamp.
• He used the Eye of Illusion-Breaking to locate the serpent and identify a weakness below its neck, while his Willpower resisted its soul attacks.
• Lin Yinuo struck the serpent's weak point with Fire Condensation Finger: Extreme-Point Annihilation, killing it and claiming its crystal core and spatial ring.
• A check-in reward gave Lin Yinuo a Water Law Fragment and a planar teleportation talisman targeted to Zijing Main City.
• Lin Yinuo turned in the mission, became a Five-Star Fiend, and left resources and instructions for Baton and the other two before departing Blood Peak City.
• Lin Yinuo used the talisman and arrived at Zijing Main City.

Lin Yinuo arrived in Zijing Main City and entered the Asura Arena to earn permanent residency through a hundred consecutive victories. After winning sixty matches, including a battle against the illusionist Phantom, he prepared for stronger opponents ahead.

• Lin Yinuo explored Zijing Main City, learned that a hundred consecutive Asura Arena victories could earn permanent residency, and registered as contestant 7741.
• Lin Yinuo defeated Rock Demon with a precise Fire Condensation Finger strike, earning his first victory.
• Lin Yinuo won match after match, adapting his Laws and Edicts to his opponents and building a reputation as the Dragonblood Asura.
• At his sixtieth consecutive victory, Lin Yinuo saw through Phantom’s illusions, resisted her soul attack, and incapacitated her without killing her.
• Lin Yinuo collected his sixtieth-win reward and anticipated that concealed experts would challenge his streak as he approached one hundred victories.

After reaching seventy-two consecutive victories, Lin Yinuo faced pressure from a Highgod seeking to recruit him, then met Golden Eyes in his seventy-fifth match. Badly injured by Golden Eyes’ fused light-speed and soul attacks, Lin Yinuo sought a breakthrough and triggered a special check-in at the Life-and-Death Arena.

• Lin Yinuo won his sixty-third, sixty-fifth, and sixty-eighth matches against formidable opponents, improving his command of destruction, space, and lightning.
• After Lin Yinuo’s seventy-second victory, a Highgod’s sinister middle-aged messenger tried to recruit him and threatened him when he refused.
• Lin Yinuo was matched against Golden Eyes, an undefeated contender who had substantially fused the profound mysteries of light speed and soul attacks.
• Golden Eyes wounded Lin Yinuo with a soul strike and a lightning-fast attack, but Lin Yinuo countered with Annihilation · Spatial Tremor and injured Golden Eyes.
• As Golden Eyes prepared a stronger attack, Lin Yinuo focused on his Lowgod Artifact Embryo and sought to add lightning’s swiftness to his movement techniques.
• A special check-in opportunity appeared, and Lin Yinuo accepted it.

Lin Yinuo used Thunder Shadow Void Escape and the Destruction Thunderblade to defeat Golden Eyes, raising his streak to ninety-nine victories. After recovering, he applied for his hundredth fight, drawing the attention of the entire Zijing Main City.

• Lin Yinuo unlocked Thunder Shadow Void Escape and used a Soul Recovery Potion to restore his damaged soul.
• Lin Yinuo evaded Golden Eyes’ attacks, formed the Destruction Thunderblade, and struck through Golden Eyes’ Light Soul Guardian.
• Golden Eyes died from the destructive energy that pierced his defenses and annihilated his soul.
• The referee declared Lin Yinuo the winner, and his streak rose from seventy-five to ninety-nine victories.
• After recovering in the Asura Arena’s healing chamber, Lin Yinuo applied to fight his hundredth battle, stirring Zijing Main City.