Chapter Summaries

Lin Yinuo faced the Faceless One in the Asura Arena’s final test and survived three overwhelming attacks to earn a hundred consecutive victories. As he received the Asura title and permanent residency in Zijing Main City, powerful figures—including the Sovereign of Death—took notice of him.

• Lin Yinuo prepared for his hundredth battle, refining his techniques and sensing that he was near a breakthrough to Midgod.
• The Faceless One appeared as Lin Yinuo’s opponent and challenged him to survive three moves.
• Lin Yinuo cut through the Faceless One’s willpower suppression with his Destruction Thunderblade and escaped using Thunder Shadow Void Escape.
• Lin Yinuo’s Sovereign of Death’s Gaze mark neutralized the second move, the Faceless One’s strand of the Ed of Death.
• Lin Yinuo endured the third move by asserting his will and sense of self, so the Faceless One declared that he had passed.
• Lin Yinuo won his hundredth consecutive battle, received an Asura Token and residency badge, and was inscribed on the Hundred Victory Stele as the Sovereign of Death watched from the Netherworld.

After establishing himself in Zijing Main City’s inner city, Lin Yinuo received a Fate Check-In reward that revealed a clue to a fallen Sovereign Spark and gave him a Fake Hongmeng Spirit Pearl. A Highgod warrior then summoned him to Zijing Palace at the Sovereign’s Emissary’s request.

• Lin Yinuo settled into his assigned inner-city courtyard and explored the library and trading district, gathering knowledge and cultivation resources.
• While cultivating the Laws of Lightning, Lin Yinuo triggered his first Fate Check-In and received an incomplete star chart to an earth-type Lower Sovereign Spark’s fall site and a Fake Hongmeng Spirit Pearl.
• Lin Yinuo concealed the star chart and pearl, resolved to strengthen himself before pursuing the Sovereign Spark, and made the discovery his highest secret.
• A Highgod warrior bearing Sovereign Zijing’s army insignia summoned Lin Yinuo to Zijing Palace, and Lin Yinuo agreed to go.

Lin Yinuo refused the Zijing Emissary’s invitation to join the Sovereign’s army but accepted a Zijing Token, then faced a revenge threat from Golden Flame Castle. The Youyue Prefect intervened to protect him, and Lin Yinuo returned to secluded cultivation determined to reach the God level.

• The Zijing Emissary invited Lin Yinuo to join the Zijing Army, but Lin Yinuo declined and accepted a Zijing Token instead.
• Lin Yinuo returned to his courtyard and began secluded cultivation to reach the God level.
• Golden Flame confronted Lin Yinuo with two subordinates and demanded that he atone for killing Golden Eyes in the Asura Arena.
• The Youyue Prefect stopped Golden Flame from attacking Lin Yinuo, citing the main city’s rules and her jurisdiction.
• After Golden Flame left, the Youyue Prefect warned Lin Yinuo about Golden Flame Castle, and Lin Yinuo resumed his cultivation.

Lin Yinuo broke through to Midgod by forming a Destruction Godhead, then faced three Highgods sent by Golden Flame Castle. He severely wounded the rock giant with one strike, leaving the other two Highgods and the watching inner-city figures stunned.

• Lin Yinuo condensed a Destruction Godhead, endured the splitting of his soul, and became a destruction Midgod.
• Lin Yinuo tested his new power and found that his divine strength and control over destruction had increased dramatically.
• Jin Yan arrived with a black-robed Highgod and a rock giant to kill Lin Yinuo, but Lin Yinuo rose to confront all three.
• Lin Yinuo evaded their combined attacks with Thunder Shadow Void Escape and severed the rock giant’s arm with Annihilation Tremor.
• Lin Yinuo stood before the shocked spectators and asked the remaining Highgods, “Who else?”

Lin Yinuo drove off Jin Yan and the other Golden Flame Castle Highgods, establishing his reputation in Zijing's inner city. Three months later, he agreed to retrieve a Moonlight Soul Lotus from the Abyss of Chaos for the Youyue Prefect in exchange for a detailed star chart and protection from Golden Flame Castle.

• Lin Yinuo severely wounded the rock giant and forced Jin Yan and the other Highgods to retreat.
• After the battle, Lin Yinuo declined visitors and focused on stabilizing his cultivation and refining his understanding of Destruction.
• The Youyue Prefect secretly visited Lin Yinuo and offered a trade: retrieve a Moonlight Soul Lotus from the Abyss of Chaos in return for a star chart and protection from Golden Flame Castle.
• Lin Yinuo accepted the trade, and the Youyue Prefect gave him a crescent-shaped jade talisman and said she would return in three months with further details.

After three months of cultivation, Lin Yinuo entered the Abyss of Chaos to retrieve the Moonlight Soul Lotus and found it guarded by a swarm of Soul-Devouring Demons. As the lotus began to mature, Wuchang and an Abyssal Demon Beast appeared, leaving three forces to clash in Fallen Soul Gorge.

• Lin Yinuo developed the Thunderbolt Flash technique by combining the Laws of Destruction with the Laws of Lightning.
• The Youyue Prefect gave Lin Yinuo a map, a Moonveil Pouch, and a jade talisman, then sent him to the outskirts of the Abyss of Chaos.
• Lin Yinuo crossed the dangerous abyss and found the Moonlight Soul Lotus in Fallen Soul Gorge, surrounded by Soul-Devouring Demons.
• When the Moonlight Sky Curtain appeared, Lin Yinuo used Thunder Shadow Void Escape to approach the maturing lotus.
• Wuchang attacked Lin Yinuo with a curved saber, and an Abyssal Demon Beast charged into the gorge as the three forces converged.

Lin Yinuo seized the Moonlight Soul Lotus’s essence after redirecting the Soul-Devouring Demon King’s attack into Impermanence. With the demon horde, Impermanence, and the Abyssal Demon Beast turning against him, he faced the task of fighting his way out of the gorge.

• The Soul-Devouring Demons attacked as Lin Yinuo, Impermanence, and the Abyssal Demon Beast converged on the blooming Moonlight Soul Lotus.
• Lin Yinuo used Annihilation: Thunder Prison to break through Impermanence and the Abyssal Demon Beast’s attacks and reach the lotus.
• The hidden Soul-Devouring Demon King fired a powerful soul beam at Lin Yinuo, who redirected it into Impermanence and injured him.
• Lin Yinuo used the Youyue Prefect’s harvesting method to draw the moonlight soul essence into his Moonveil Pouch.
• The Soul-Devouring Demon King and the other demons threatened Lin Yinuo, while Impermanence and the Abyssal Demon Beast also turned against him.

Lin Yinuo comprehended the rudimentary Guixu true intent and used it to break the encirclement in Fallen Soul Gorge. He escaped with the Moonlight Soul Lotus, but his strike drew the attention of a powerful unknown consciousness and left him severely weakened.

• Lin Yinuo realized the Soul-Devouring Demon King, Wuchang, and the abyssal beast had blocked his escape, and he comprehended the Guixu true intent of destruction.
• As the Soul-Devouring Demon King, Wuchang, and the abyssal beast attacked together, Lin Yinuo released Guixu with the Destruction Thunderblade, erasing their assaults and many soul-devouring demons.
• Wuchang fled in terror, while Lin Yinuo, nearly drained, escaped through the cleared passage as the Soul-Devouring Demon King continued to threaten him.
• The system warned Lin Yinuo that Guixu could attract higher-level beings, and he used the Crescent Moon Jade Talisman to teleport away from Fallen Soul Gorge.
• Lin Yinuo returned to his courtyard in Zijing Main City, bloodied but holding the Moonveil Pouch containing the Moonlight Soul Lotus.

After recovering from the cost of using Guixu, Lin Yinuo received a star map that narrowed the location of a fallen Sovereign Spark, then answered the Sovereign of Death’s summons to the Netherworld. He prepared for the journey, made arrangements for Dragon Shadow, and teleported toward the Nether Sea.

• Lin Yinuo gave the Youyue Prefect the harvested Soul Lotus essence, and she rewarded him with a detailed star map and a Youyue Token.
• Lin Yinuo combined the star map with his existing information and narrowed the fallen Sovereign Spark’s location to a dangerous region between the Chaotic Star Vortex and the Annihilation Wasteland.
• The Sovereign of Death sent Lin Yinuo a summons and coordinates leading into the Nether Sea, and Lin Yinuo decided to go.
• Lin Yinuo healed, gathered information about the Netherworld, and told Baton and the others to keep developing Dragon Shadow while he was away.
• Lin Yinuo activated the Sovereign of Death’s mark and teleported from Zijing Main City toward the Netherworld.

Lin Yinuo crossed the Nether Sea to meet the Sovereign of Death, who revealed the flaws in his cultivation and showed him a path based on the cycle of life and death. He accepted her payment and agreed to ask Hongmeng a question after reaching the peak of the universe, then began his return to the Infernal Realm.

• Lin Yinuo used Destruction Divine Power to cross the Nether Sea, avoiding Nether Jellyfish and cutting through Vengeful Spirit Vortexes along the way.
• Lin Yinuo reached the island beneath the black crystal tree and respectfully met the Sovereign of Death.
• The Sovereign of Death warned Lin Yinuo that his understanding of Guixu was incomplete and that forcing it drained his origin.
• The Sovereign of Death explained that destruction could give rise to new life and urged Lin Yinuo to pursue balance and transformation through the cycle of life and death.
• The Sovereign of Death gave Lin Yinuo knowledge about soul mutation and awakening that cycle, and asked him to question Hongmeng once he gathered the Four-series Sovereign Spark, mutated his soul, and reached the universe's peak.
• Lin Yinuo accepted the task, promised to keep Hongmeng and the Sovereign's investment secret, and sailed back toward the Infernal Realm.