Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi slaughtered Demon Kings across the Twelve Riverbank Defense Zones, then used his water-control abilities to pull evolving fish and scattered corpses from the Lin River. He left the Demon Kings trapped in a massive Water Tornado while Elder Chen ordered the recovered remains burned.

• Lin Yi killed all six Demon Kings attacking him, rescued the badly wounded Huang Kou, and left Niu Jianjun to guard Sector B.
• Lin Yi rode Zou Wu through the defense zones, killing more than twenty Demon Kings and stabilizing the threatened sectors.
• At Sector D, Lin Yi rode Zou Wu over the Lin River and told Elder Chen he would try to stop the fish from evolving.
• Lin Yi created a massive Water Tornado that pulled fragmented corpses and evolving fish from the riverbed, while more than fifty Demon Kings surfaced and attacked.
• Lin Yi swept the Demon Kings and debris into the Water Tornado, flung corpses onto shore, and Elder Chen ordered the remains burned.

Lin Yi helped resolve the Lin River crisis, then discovered that the Boundary Stone appeared to be repairing the Space Passage. He and Elder Chen examined a map of the true Apocalypse Continent, leaving Lin Yi to infer where Tianshui City and Ancient Pool Village were located.

• Lin Yi froze more than fifty Four-claw Black Fish Demon Kings, destroyed the remaining weaker fish, and dispersed the Water Tornado.
• Lin Yi inspected the Space Passage and encountered an Ink Octopus Demigod Demon King, which threatened to send more Monsters before disappearing.
• Lin Yi reviewed test results showing the Four-claw Black Fish materials were poor quality, then examined photos indicating the Boundary Stone had slowed and begun repairing the breach.
• Elder Chen shared a crude map from the European Newborn Deman, who had vanished after entering the true Apocalypse Continent.
• Lin Yi marked the map's southwest and inferred that Tianshui City and Ancient Pool Village lay within the West Mountain Southern Domain.

Lin Yi brought Elder Chen and Zhang Lingdong to inspect his Boundary Stone, where Li Qianjie’s visit and the Newborn rankings raised new questions. After Elder Chen offered the Official’s Source Stones for the Third Prism, Lin Yi returned to the West Mountain Southern Domain to pursue the underground Source Stone Mine.

• Lin Yi took Elder Chen and Zhang Lingdong to his villa on Zou Wu to inspect the Boundary Stone.
• Ji Fengyu reported that Li Qianjie had visited, and Lin Yi discovered Li Qianjie ranked fifteenth in Newborn strength.
• Niu Jianjun brought the captains to test their rankings, and Zhang Lingdong placed 66th in potential and 55th in strength.
• Elder Chen offered to have the Official provide Source Stones for the Third Prism, citing Bai Xuan’s reserve.
• After midnight, Lin Yi returned to a hidden forest in the West Mountain Southern Domain to search for the underground Source Stone Mine.

Lin Yi explored the old Source Stone Mine Cave, found ore in Monster nests, and began organizing the local Monsters to mine it. He recruited Xian Wu'ai to train the Monsters and brought Tianshui City captains into the plan, who competed to work at the mine for Source Stones.

• Lin Yi searched the mine and recovered four Source Stones from ore hidden in Monster nests.
• Lin Yi brought Xian Wu'ai from Immortal Village to the mine and asked him to train Monsters to excavate ore.
• Lin Yi captured more than thirty Tangshan Demons and Double-Toothed Rats, suppressing their bestial natures so Xian Wu'ai could feed and train them.
• Lin Yi returned to Tianshui City and told Old Fourth Gu, Gu Man, He Tianlong, Sha Ge, and the other captains that the mine needed to be staffed.
• The captains undercut one another over their pay in Source Stones, with Sha Ge offering to work for free.

Lin Yi drew a Golden Grandmaster Craftsman talent and used it to reforge the Spirit Blossom Green Sword into a Spirit Treasure attuned to himself. Its emergence sent a powerful sword aura over Tianshui City, drawing Elder Qian toward the city.

• Lin Yi opened two Light Orbs and found a Stone of Divinity and a Talent Stone, which gave him two extra Talent Slots and raised his Omnipotent Talent to Eighth Rank.
• Lin Yi spent fifty-two Source Stones to draw the Golden Grandmaster Craftsman talent and gained vast artifact-refining knowledge.
• Lin Yi advised Gu Liehai on forging an Ox Demon Bone armguard, then gave him the Gudiao Feather and sent him to rest.
• Lin Yi melted down the Spirit Blossom Green Sword, refined it with his blood and Demon King materials, and fused his Martial Dao Will with its weakened sword spirit.
• Lin Yi's newly forged Spirit Treasure released a sunlike sword aura across Tianshui City, and Elder Qian sensed it and rushed toward the city.

Lin Yi refined two Spirit Artifacts before learning that Elder Qian had arrived in Tianshui City seeking him and asking about the celestial phenomenon. With the city at risk because of Lin Yi’s past conflict with Elder Qian, Lin Yi prepared to confront the crisis and went to meet Elder Chen.

• Lin Yi named his newly refined Martial Spirit Artifact the Sun-Chasing Dragon Roar Sword and then began refining another artifact.
• Elder Qian arrived in Tianshui City, questioned Tian Wuhe about Lin Yi and the celestial phenomenon, and demanded a room and Spiritual Objects.
• Lin Yi finished refining the Poison Dragon Spirit Pearl and learned from Tian Wuhe that Elder Qian had entered the city and asked about him.
• Lin Yi told Tian Wuhe about Elder Qian’s hatred of Born Ones and Sequencer profession users and his own destruction of the Qian Family Squad, then agreed to try to handle the threat.
• Lin Yi returned to the real-world villa, saw Born Ones gathered outside and researchers examining the Boundary Stone, then opened a Space Passage with Zou Wu and left to find Elder Chen.

Lin Yi sought a way to protect Tianshui City from Elder Qian and followed Bai Xuan’s divination, which pointed to using Dongfeng missiles to drive the threat away. After obtaining three missiles and transferring them through the Spirit Vine World, Lin Yi faced the Spiritual Vine Son’s attempt to detain him.

• Lin Yi met Bai Xuan at the Riverside Command Room and learned that Yu Huachen had still not returned from Apocalypse World.
• Lin Yi asked Elder Chen for help defeating the half-step Martial Saint threatening Tianshui City, and Bai Xuan divined that bringing a Dongfeng missile into the city could keep it unharmed.
• Lin Yi requested several Dongfeng missiles, and officials approved three after discussing his contribution to resolving the Four-claw Black Fish crisis.
• Lin Yi and Liu Yuxi transferred the three missiles into the Spirit Vine World, alarming the Spiritual Vine Son with their destructive power.
• The Spiritual Vine Son tried to stop Lin Yi from leaving, so Lin Yi opened his Mirror Space and revealed half of a Dongfeng missile.

Lin Yi traded regular Spiritual Power offerings to Spiritual Vine Son for a green shoot that could kill Elder Qian, while Elder Qian’s danger sense repeatedly drove him away from Tianshui City. The chapter ended as Tian Wuhe warned Lin Yi that Elder Qian had returned to the city’s east.

• Lin Yi gave Spiritual Vine Son thousands of points of Spiritual Power and agreed to provide more every seven days in exchange for a shoot of Spiritual Vine Son’s essence to use against Elder Qian.
• Elder Qian recovered with pills made from herbs offered by Yang Junlv, unaware that a green shoot had secretly entered the South Star Grass he used.
• After the shoot triggered his Startle Awakening, Elder Qian fled Tianshui City and began testing how far its danger extended.
• Lin Yi told Tian Wuhe that the Dongfeng missile could destroy Tianshui City and went to bury it in a safe location.
• Elder Qian returned to Tianshui City while Lin Yi was away placing the missile, and Tian Wuhe sent Lin Yi a warning that the militia had spotted him in the east.

Lin Yi’s trap injured Elder Qian but failed to kill him, and Elder Qian retaliated against Tianshui City before pursuing Lin Yi. After escaping and stalling, Lin Yi used purifying power to dispel Elder Qian’s attack and chose to fight him directly.

• Lin Yi and Tian Wuhe watched Elder Qian enter the eastern courtyard, where buried explosives blasted him into a crater but left him alive.
• Elder Qian flew to Tianshui City and destroyed part of its wall, killing and injuring civilians and Militia Team members.
• Lin Yi rode Zou Wu away from the city, taunted Elder Qian, and used Zou Wu’s Space Passage to keep his distance.
• Elder Qian tried to lure Lin Yi closer with a Gold Foil Book, but its hidden True Qi invaded Lin Yi’s meridians and blocked his Spiritual Power.
• Lin Yi used his antlers’ purifying power to clear the True Qi, then fought Elder Qian with his sword and decided to test his strength against him.

Lin Yi defeated Elder Qian when the Spiritual Vine Son’s parasitic shoots killed him, then learned more about the Ancient Domain and its martial inheritance from Ji Fengyu. The chapter left Lin Yi preparing to pursue stronger growth and considering a trade for the Gap World’s martial inheritance before choosing his own path.

• Elder Qian’s True Qi overwhelmed Lin Yi, but the Spiritual Vine Son’s shoots parasitized Elder Qian and killed him during their battle.
• Lin Yi collected a Martial Treasure Seed from Elder Qian’s remains and kept Dongfeng stored in the Mirror Space.
• Tian Wuhe ended Tian Mohan’s Trial early, while Lin Yi decided he wanted to visit the Ancient Domain and strengthen himself first.
• Lin Yi asked Ji Fengyu about the Ancient Domain, and Ji Fengyu explained its origins and hostility toward outsiders.
• Lin Yi revealed that he had obtained the Gold Foil martial inheritance and negotiated with Ji Fengyu for a trade involving the Gap World’s martial inheritance.

Lin Yi checked the Boundary Stone rankings, forged Martial Dao Spirit Artifacts for his companions, and visited the mine in the West Mountain Southern Domain, where Xian Wu'ai and Sha Ge had uncovered a large haul of Source Stone Mines. He was left considering the haul’s potential as he prepared to collect the Source Stones.

• Lin Yi used the Boundary Stone to check Bai Xuan’s rankings and discovered that Lin Caihuan had the Rebirth talent and ranked fourth in potential.
• Lin Yi forged more than ten Martial Dao Spirit Artifacts, including a Blazing Spirit Blade for Gu Chenghu and a Poison Dragon Sword for Gu Man.
• Lin Yi decided he needed Purple Grade materials to forge a defensive Martial Dao Spirit Treasure and planned to hunt stronger Monster Kings.
• Xian Wu'ai and Sha Ge reported that they had found more than forty Source Stone Mines in one day, and Lin Yi praised their work.
• Lin Yi gave Sha Ge a custom Sand Bone Spirit Blade, while Xian Wu'ai asked him to forge weapons for his village’s warriors.
• Lin Yi counted forty-five Source Stone Mines and considered whether their yield could help him draw another Golden Talent.

Lin Yi drew and solidified the Establish Sect Golden Talent, then used it to create a Blue Quality defensive martial art. After returning to Linhe City, he attended a Newborn Alliance meeting and faced Zhao Yilong’s questions about the Boundary Stone.

• Lin Yi spent fifty Source Stones to draw the Establish Sect talent, which boosted his martial arts insight and ability to create new techniques.
• Lin Yi stayed in seclusion for three days and created the Blue Quality Golden Light True Qi Art by combining the Vajra Art with other martial arts.
• Lin Yi emerged from seclusion, checked on Er Huo, Fat Twelve, and the Blood-Red Spirit Horse, and learned Sha Ling'er was studying at the Tian Family academy.
• Lin Yi met Tian Mohan at the City Lord's residence before logging off and leaving the world.
• Lin Yi and Jiang Hanxue attended a Newborn Alliance meeting about Mount Tianzhu Secret Realm resources and preventing Newborns from harming others.
• Zhao Yilong asked Lin Yi about the Boundary Stone, but Lin Yi instead asked about his dark circles; Zhao Yilong complained about the Official's plans for the Secret Realm.

Lin Yi and the others activated the Boundary Stone’s Third Prism by feeding it Source Stones, unlocking a Heavenly Ladder Trial. Niu Jianjun and Bai Xuan tested it and failed, but Bai Xuan revealed that clearing floors granted powerful rewards.

• Zhao Yilong complained to Lin Yi about the Official controlling the Newborn Alliance’s major decisions, then resolved to ask Niu Jianjun about Martial Artist Pills.
• Lin Yi gave Meng Yilan a Spiritual Power Source Stone to help protect her from her contracted Ghost Spirit.
• Elder Chen gathered Lin Yi, Bai Xuan, Niu Jianjun, Meng Yilan, and others at Boundary Stone Villa, where Lin Yi used sixty-four Source Stones to activate the Third Prism.
• Lin Yi lent Niu Jianjun a Source Stone to enter the Heavenly Ladder Trial, where three Monster Kings injured him before he failed on Floor 2.
• Bai Xuan entered the trial and failed on Floor 6 after clearing two earlier floors, explaining that trials varied by profession and that successful clears granted valuable rewards.

Lin Yi entered the Warrior Heavenly Ladder, defeated the trials on its sixth and seventh levels, and broke through to become a Three-star Warrior with exceptionally high True Qi. Afterward, he studied the different paths to Martial Sainthood and considered whether Flesh Ascension suited him best.

• Lin Yi entered the Warrior passage of the Heavenly Ladder and defeated a Sphere Beetle Demon King on the sixth level, earning a blessing that deepened his Martial Dao comprehension.
• Lin Yi broke through to Three-star Warrior and found that his True Qi had risen to 1,460 points.
• Lin Yi reached the seventh level and slaughtered the Purple Ember Fire Demons, then used the trial's blessing to improve his Martial Dao comprehension.
• Lin Yi reviewed the Ancient Domain and Gap World methods of reaching Martial Sainthood and concluded that Flesh Ascension might suit him best.

Lin Yi defeated the eighth-floor Winged Hippo Monster King and used the reward to form a new, flexible Martial Spirit from more than a hundred Martial Dao Wills. He cleared the ninth floor but received a Dragon Pearl instead of a comprehension reward, then defeated a skilled shadow Warrior on the tenth floor by using Sequence Divinity.

• Lin Yi defeated the eighth-floor Winged Hippo Monster King and, after comprehending the reward, formed a small, multicolored white deer Martial Spirit that could disperse and reform.
• Lin Yi fought the ninth-floor Frost Giant Dragon, froze its jaws and wings with Mystic Ice, and killed it with repeated punches.
• The Frost Giant Dragon's corpse vanished, leaving a cold Dragon Pearl as Lin Yi's reward, and he carried it with him to the tenth floor.
• Lin Yi encountered an unarmed shadow Warrior in a cramped martial arts hall and exchanged more than ten blows with him.
• Lin Yi used Sequence Divinity to disrupt the shadow Warrior with vines and ice, then struck him until he conceded defeat and vanished.

Lin Yi cleared the tenth floor of the Warrior Heavenly Ladder and received a Wind Shadow Bow and a Frost Dragon Pearl. He then entered the Sequence Heavenly Ladder, where he saved the creatures of a flood-stricken world and succeeded in the challenge.

• Lin Yi passed the Warrior Heavenly Ladder's tenth floor and chose a longbow as his reward before exiting the trial.
• The rankings placed Lin Yi first, and he identified his rewards as a Level 2 Spiritual Artifact and a Purple-grade Frost Dragon Pearl.
• Lin Yi gave Elder Chen ten Source Stones, then entered the Sequence Heavenly Ladder challenge.
• Transformed into a white Spirit Deer, Lin Yi used water control, Ice Bridges, vines, and spiritual power to rescue animals from the floods.
• Lin Yi gathered the creatures in a high valley beneath a Spiritual Power Barrier, and the rain eased as the waters began to recede.
• The trial announced Lin Yi's successful challenge and awarded him a blessing.

After completing the tenth level of the Sequence, Lin Yi traveled with Tian Mohan toward Kongming Mountain to learn about its spirit mine and seek Purple Blood Ore. At a mining outpost, Lin Yi noticed Tian Xiaoye’s talent for Crimson Blood Fist and asked him to demonstrate his other martial arts.

• Lin Yi left the Boundary Stone after gaining Living Willpower and decided to postpone the Witch Heavenly Ladder Trial until he had stronger foundations in the profession.
• Lin Yi and Tian Mohan rode north toward Kongming Mountain, while Lin Yi considered the needs of the incoming Ancient Pool Village Newborns.
• The pair stopped at a mine, where Tian Xiaoye welcomed them and Tian Mohan praised the fair treatment of the miners.
• Tian Mohan explained that the outpost’s mine produced coal and that Kongming Mountain forbade others from mining its Purple Blood Ore.
• Tian Xiaoye practiced Crimson Blood Fist outside their lodging, and Lin Yi praised his skill before asking him to show his other external martial arts.

Lin Yi investigated a Sand Scale Worm infestation in Tianshui City's mine and discovered a swarm gathered around seven Sand Scale Kings. As he began sealing the passages to wipe them out, the strongest king noticed Tian Xiaoye's movement.

• Lin Yi recognized Tian Xiaoye's concealed martial arts talent and urged him to attend the next Warrior Awakening Ceremony.
• Sand Scale Worms injured miners in the underground mine, and Lin Yi killed the creatures at the entrance with a streak of Golden Light.
• Lin Yi and Tian Xiaoye entered the mine, found petals from a Sand Scale King's head, and used a Tracking Talisman to follow its trail.
• They discovered thousands of Sand Scale Worms and seven Sand Scale Kings feeding in the tunnels, including a three-star king.
• Lin Yi told Tian Xiaoye to retreat and began controlling the water vapor to seal the passages, but Tian Xiaoye's movement alerted the three-star Sand Scale King.

Lin Yi subdued seven Sand Scale Kings, slaughtered the Sand Scale Worm swarm, and accepted Tian Xiaoye as his registered disciple after Tian Xiaoye agreed to leave the Tian Family. Tian Xiaoye led him to a hidden underground cave, where Lin Yi discovered a huge golden crystal that might be Spirit Crystal Dao Jade.

• Lin Yi froze seven Sand Scale Kings and used water blades to kill the Sand Scale Worm swarm, collecting more than a hundred Sand Crystals.
• Lin Yi and Tian Xiaoye explored the abandoned mine and found no sign of what had caused the worms to gather.
• Tian Xiaoye revealed his mistreatment in the Tian Family and asked Lin Yi to take him as a disciple; Lin Yi accepted him as a registered disciple on the condition that he leave the family.
• Tian Xiaoye led Lin Yi to a concealed passage beneath the mine and told him about a golden crystal that improved martial arts comprehension while draining Qi-Blood.
• Lin Yi carried Tian Xiaoye down the passage into an underground cave and recognized its large golden crystal as possibly Spirit Crystal Dao Jade.

Lin Yi discovered a Martial Path Origin Crystal and a Purple Blood Ore vein beneath the Karst Cave, then traveled with Tian Mohan to Kongming Mountain. After entering the hidden city beneath the desert, they headed toward the smelting yard to meet Kong Shan Shui.

• Lin Yi used True Qi to activate the Martial Path Origin Crystal, which boosted his and Tian Xiaoye's comprehension, then cut it free and stored it in his Backpack Space.
• Lin Yi uncovered a substantial Purple Blood Ore vein beneath the crystal and arranged for Tian Xiaoye to lead miners there.
• Tian Mohan brought Lin Yi to Kongming Mountain, where Kong Wangxian guided them down a hidden platform and through the mountain's stone gate.
• Lin Yi saw Kongming Mountain's flourishing underground town and deduced that it was a Mechanism City powered by an active volcano.
• Kong Wangxian sent Lin Yi and Tian Mohan into the cave leading to the smelting yard, where Kong Shan Shui was waiting.