Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi and Tian Mohan visited Kongming Mountain, where Lin Yi proved his skill as a Master Craftsman and probed Kong Shan Shui about the mountain’s ties to the Ancient Domain. He sought materials and guidance for a defensive Spirit Treasure, and ended by demonstrating his control over magma to impress Kong Shan Shui.

• Tian Mohan introduced Lin Yi to Kong Shan Shui, who was astonished to learn that Lin Yi was a Newborn.
• Lin Yi showed Kong Shan Shui the Sun-Chasing Dragon Roar Sword, proving he had forged the twice-forged Martial Dao Spirit Treasure himself.
• Lin Yi proposed forging a defensive Spirit Treasure and showed Kong Shan Shui the Gold-thread Dark Robes taken from people he said came from the Ancient Domain.
• Kong Shan Shui warned that any surviving Ancient Domain attackers could endanger Tianshui City, then suggested Purple Grade silkworm silk as a suitable material for Lin Yi’s garment.
• Lin Yi asked about Kongming Mountain’s Treasury, and Tian Mohan urged Kong Shan Shui to help him by citing his rapid rise in strength.
• Lin Yi demonstrated his control over magma by shaping it into fiery birds, surprising Kong Shan Shui.

Lin Yi visited Kongming Mountain, traded artifact-refining knowledge with Kong Shan Shui, and helped forge the Golden Light Purple Robe. As Kong Shan Shui sent Lin Yi and Tian Mohan away, he learned that an epidemic had killed over a thousand rabbits in the city’s breeding grounds.

• Kong Shan Shui recognized Lin Yi as a Sequencer and offered to invest in him if he shared his encounter with the Ancient Domain’s people and promised to protect Kongming Mountain.
• Lin Yi asked Kong Shan Shui for Purple Grade silk and an exchange of artifact-refining knowledge, and Kong Shan Shui gave him a damaged Purple Gold Silkworm Robe as a substitute.
• Kong Shan Shui brought Lin Yi to his Mysterious Magic House, where they exchanged techniques and forged the Golden Light Purple Robe together.
• Lin Yi left the house wearing the completed robe, while Tian Mohan waited outside and fished for several hours.
• Kong Shan Shui treated Lin Yi and Tian Mohan to a meal, then learned from a Steward that an epidemic had killed over a thousand rabbits in the breeding grounds.

Lin Yi cured Kongming Mountain’s rabbit plague with the Poison Dragon Spirit Pearl, refused to sell the artifact, and arranged a regular trade for daily supplies. After returning to Tianshui City, he helped Old Fourth Gu make a wish, and Gu broke through to Divine Sacrifice.

• Kong Shan Shui took Lin Yi and Tian Mohan to the Rabbit Garden, where Lin Yi identified the outbreak as rabbit plague.
• Lin Yi used the Poison Dragon Spirit Pearl to absorb the plague from the rabbits and restore them to health.
• Kong Shan Shui offered Lin Yi three Treasure Vault items for the Spirit Pearl, but Lin Yi refused and later agreed to supply Kongming Mountain with daily resources for two Source Stones a month.
• Lin Yi returned to the mine, instructed Tian Xiaoye to excavate Purple Blood Ore, and counted the Source Stones he had left.
• Old Fourth Gu gave Lin Yi a Source Stone and asked him to make a wish to aid his breakthrough.
• Lin Yi made the wish, and Old Fourth Gu entered seclusion and broke through to Divine Sacrifice.

Lin Yi drew the Eye of Thunder Punishment, a talent that could store unlimited Thunder Power, and traveled to Zhou City to absorb lightning from a thunderstorm. He left the chapter testing the new talent inside the storm.

• Lin Yi wished for a powerful battle-enhancement talent and drew the Eye of Thunder Punishment, which also granted him the Thunder Affinity Spirit Body.
• Lin Yi replaced Super Sense Amplification with the Eye of Thunder Punishment and logged off to test it in the real world.
• Newborns gathered in Linhe City amid fears of an invasion, while Lin Yi briefly met with Qin Changsheng, Liu Bo, and the others.
• Lin Yi explained to Zhu Wen that the Heavenly Ladder Trial was too difficult for him at present and required the ability to challenge opponents across levels.
• Lin Yi used Zou Wu to travel to a thunderstorm near Zhou City, where his new eye absorbed lightning as he entered the clouds.

Lin Yi absorbed power from five thunderstorms, then attended a meeting where officials discussed a Ji Family delegation, foreign access to the Heavenly Ladder Trial, and weak results from martial arts training. After reviewing the training report, Lin Yi decided to create a simplified external martial art and pursue ways to gather Living Willpower for his next advancement.

• Lin Yi absorbed power from five thunderstorms and planned to gather more before testing the Thunder Punishment Eye against the Demigod Monster beneath the Lin River Space Passage.
• Elder Chen told the meeting that the Ji Family planned to send up to ten elite Demon Suppressor Division members to Blue Star, offering to construct a real-world Martial Arts Stone Tablet in exchange.
• Lin Yi agreed that foreign representatives could enter the Heavenly Ladder Trial for at least five Source Stones per person, while Bai Xuan and the Official negotiated additional fees.
• Lin Yi read that only two to three percent of trainees at the Official's martial arts pilot sites had sensed Qi-Blood and decided to compile a simplified external martial art.
• Lin Yi considered establishing a sect and using his martial arts expertise and Poison Dragon Spirit Pearl to gain Living Willpower for his approaching Sequence Five breakthrough.

Lin Yi prepared to hunt the demigod demon in the Space Passage beneath the Lin River, bringing his awakened Wind Shadow Halberd and the Eye of Thunder Punishment charged with fourteen bars of lightning power. After entering the Endless River Region, he found a vast marshland and a distant Black Mist but continued searching for the demon.

• Niu Jianjun asked Lin Yi for more spirit herbs and spirit fruits to support sales of Lin Caihuan's Insight-Origin Pills and Martial True Qi Pills, and gave him bottles of both pills.
• Lin Yi inspected the reinforced Riverbank Defense Zone, where Reincarnators hunted river Monsters and recovered materials.
• Over two days, the Reincarnators' secret became public, Ji Family members arrived on Blue Star, and Meng Yilan volunteered to help Eastern Ying fight a Ghost Spirit invasion.
• Lin Yi gathered lightning power, awakened the Wind Shadow Halberd's Artifact Spirit with Spirit Awakening Liquid, and received Elder Chen's approval to challenge the demigod demon.
• Lin Yi entered the Space Passage, crossed into the Endless River Region, discovered a vast marshland beside a distant Black Mist, and began searching underwater for the demigod demon.

Lin Yi lured out the ruler of the Yellow Sand River Domain by killing the demon fish near the Space Passage, then fought its four-star Mystic Crocodile Turtle subordinate. As two more four-star Demon Kings approached and the hidden Demigod Monster continued to watch, Lin Yi faced the prospect of being overwhelmed.

• Lin Yi explored the Yellow Sand River Domain, killed a two-star demon fish, and returned to the Space Passage to draw out the Demigod Monster.
• Lin Yi slaughtered the demon fish gathered near the passage, then hid nearby until the Mystic Crocodile Turtle arrived to investigate.
• Lin Yi fought the four-star Mystic Crocodile Turtle with water control and his sword, then pinned it to the riverbed with giant ice pillars.
• The hidden Black Octopus, ruler of the domain, watched Lin Yi and summoned two more four-star Demon Kings rather than reveal itself.
• Lin Yi severed the Mystic Crocodile Turtle's limbs and sensed the two approaching Demon Kings, realizing the Demigod Monster had been nearby all along.

Lin Yi lured the Black Octopus into lowering its guard so he could unleash the Eye of Thunder Punishment. After the Black Octopus revealed its true form and tried to flee, Lin Yi fired the lightning stored in his brow.

• Lin Yi abandoned the wounded Mystic Crocodile Turtle and approached the Black Octopus, which attacked him with demon fish and Black Flow before striking him with a Demigod ray.
• The Black Octopus ordered the Venom Fang Green Snake to retrieve Lin Yi, while it healed the Mystic Crocodile Turtle and punished the Deepwater Giant Crocodile for asking to eat him.
• The Black Octopus wrapped Lin Yi in Black Flow and prepared to devour him, but Lin Yi's Spiritual Power defenses kept the substance from entering his body.
• The Black Octopus transformed into its Black Eyeball true form and moved to swallow Lin Yi, who opened his eyes and revealed the Eye of Thunder Punishment.
• The Black Octopus and its three four-star Demon Kings fled as Lin Yi released the lightning stored in his brow.

Lin Yi killed the Demigod Demon Devouring Demon Eye with the Eye of Thunder Punishment, then collected its Drops and fought the four-star Demon King Deepwater Giant Crocodile. After defeating the crocodile, he consumed its purified heart and felt his physique strengthen.

• Lin Yi’s lightning spear destroyed the Mystic Crocodile Turtle and pierced the Devouring Demon Eye, though the attack left him injured and exhausted.
• Lin Yi purified the Devouring Demon Eye’s lingering Cellular Blackflow and collected Drops from it and the Mystic Crocodile Turtle.
• The Deepwater Giant Crocodile attacked Lin Yi, hoping to devour him while he was weakened, but Lin Yi wounded it with repeated Wind Shadow Bow shots and controlled the water to keep it at range.
• Lin Yi pursued the fleeing Deepwater Giant Crocodile for half an hour, exhausted its Qi-Blood, and killed it with a sword strike.
• Lin Yi collected the crocodile’s teeth and heart, removed the demon power from the heart, and ate it, strengthening his physique.

After killing the Demigod Monster, Lin Yi returned to the Lin River defense zone, then visited Kongming Mountain to ask Kong Shan Shui to turn the Demigod’s Cellular Blackflow into a Wu Bao. Kong Shan Shui proposed refining it into a Demon Heart that could let Lin Yi control Monsters, inherit their abilities, and transform.

• Lin Yi used the Poison Dragon Spirit Pearl to remove the last of the Venom Fang Green Snake’s poison and returned to the Lin River defense zone, where Elder Chen confirmed his successful mission and offered healing materials.
• Official exploration teams crossed the Space Passage into the Yellow Sand River Domain, but returned after finding themselves surrounded by water and unable to explore safely.
• Lin Yi delivered supplies and collected Source Stones from Xian Wu'ai and Sha Ge, then gathered Tian Xiaoye’s Purple Blood Ore and promised to prepare Demon King Blood for his Awakening Ceremony.
• Lin Yi traveled to Kongming Mountain and showed Kong Shan Shui the Cellular Blackflow dropped by the Demigod he had killed.
• Kong Shan Shui identified the Cellular Blackflow as a supreme-grade Demigod material and proposed refining it into a Demon Heart that could control Monsters and inherit their abilities.

Lin Yi learned Kongming Mountain’s Shaman Artifact techniques and worked with Kong Shan Shui to forge the Devouring Heart, a Level 2 Witch Artifact that could consume Monsters and take on their forms. He went to the secret realm to capture a Three-Star Fire Dragon, but found it had already advanced to a four-star Demon King.

• Kong Shan Shui gave Lin Yi Kongming Mountain’s Shaman Artifact manual and five living spiritual materials to use with the Demigod material.
• Lin Yi and Kong Shan Shui jointly forged the Devouring Heart, which could devour Monsters and gain their forms and abilities.
• Kong Shan Shui secretly revealed Kongming Mountain’s Little Sun, while Lin Yi continued forging without investigating it.
• Lin Yi returned to the New Villa, then entered the secret realm at Mount Tianzhu to capture the Fire Dragon.
• Lin Yi found the Three-Star Fire Dragon deep in the volcano, where it had grown into a four-star Demon King.

Lin Yi parasitized a newly advanced Four-star Fire Dragon with the Heart of Devouring and rode it out of the secret realm. In Linhe City, officials and Ji Family representatives prepared to activate a Martial Arts Stone Tablet, while Lin Yi arranged a Martial Artist advancement slot for Liu Bo and planned a Sequencer path for Liu Yuxi.

• Lin Yi used a Mystic Ice shield to hold off the Four-star Fire Dragon while the Heart of Devouring entered through its nostril and took control of its body.
• Lin Yi rode the controlled Fire Dragon out of the secret realm, leaving the Official monitoring personnel behind.
• Ji Qiushui asked Niu Jianjun for eleven Activation Codes, but Ji Huanxin objected to the delay and clashed with them over the Official's authority.
• Ji Qiushui rebuked Ji Huanxin, who left with several followers while other Ji Family members stayed to speak with Niu Jianjun's group.
• Lin Yi learned the Official would hold an Awakening Ceremony at Linhe's Martial Arts Stone Tablet and donated a Source Stone to reserve an extra slot for Liu Bo.
• Lin Yi decided Liu Yuxi should become a Sequencer and planned to use an extra Sequencer Inheritance once Lin Caihuan broke its seal.

Lin Yi created the Basic Qi-Blood External Art and went to the Official’s first real-world Warrior Awakening Ceremony, where his prepared Fuzhu Statue helped the first group pass safely. As the second group, including Liu Bo and Zhang Baichuan, began awakening, Ji Huanxin planned to sabotage the ceremony, but Ji Qiushui exposed the plot and Niu Jianjun ordered everyone to high alert.

• Lin Yi used the Martial Path Origin Crystal to create the Basic Qi-Blood External Art, then left for the Awakening Ceremony to encourage Liu Bo.
• The first seven candidates became Professional level Martial Artists and credited Lin Yi’s Fuzhu Statue with suppressing the Monster King’s lingering will during the third trial.
• Liu Bo told Zhang Baichuan that Lin Yi had prepared four-star Demon King essence blood for his awakening, leaving Zhang Baichuan envious and regretful about his past conduct toward Lin Yi.
• Ji Huanxin led five Ji Family members into the crowd and ordered them to find an opportunity to disrupt the ceremony.
• Ji Qiushui learned of Ji Huanxin’s plan from Ji Wansan and asked Zhang Lingdong to warn Niu Jianjun.
• Niu Jianjun received the warning and ordered the area into the highest state of alert.

Ji Huanxin and other Ji Family members disrupted Blue Star’s Warrior Awakening Ceremony, fighting the guards and trying to interrupt the awakenings. Lin Yi killed Ji Shaoqiang, shielded the eight people on the stage, and confronted Ji Cheng as Ji Cheng charged at him.

• Xue Renshuang and the captains tried to arrest Ji Cheng, but his Black Bear Martial Spirit overwhelmed them; Niu Jianjun ordered the crowd evacuated and called guards to stop the attackers.
• Ji Huanxin sent Ji Shaoqiang to cause trouble, then attacked Ji Qiushui; Zhang Lingdong stepped in and forced him back.
• Niu Jianjun caught another Ji Family member sneaking behind the Martial Arts Stone Tablet and fought him with a spirit spear.
• Ji Shaoqiang prepared to throw concealed stones at the people awakening, but Lin Yi crippled him, killed him, and formed a Golden Light Shield around the stage.
• Lin Yi dragged Ji Shaoqiang’s corpse to Ji Cheng, who flew into a rage and charged at him with his Black Bear Martial Spirit.

Lin Yi killed Ji Huanxin after exposing his role in an attempt to sabotage Blue Star’s Warrior Awakening Ceremony. Elder Chen arrived as Ji Qiushui threatened to end their cooperation, and the Official prepared to stand firm.

• Lin Yi killed Ji Cheng and Ji Shaoqiang, while Niu Jianjun pressured Ji Mulei into revealing that Ji Huanxin had ordered the scheme.
• Lin Yi intervened in Ji Huanxin and Zhang Lingdong’s fight, shattered Ji Huanxin’s Martial Spirit, and explained why he had killed the other Ji Family members.
• Lin Yi pinned Ji Huanxin down as Niu Jianjun brought Ji Mulei forward as a witness, and demanded that the Heavenly Dawn Martial Kingdom answer for the sabotage.
• Lin Yi refused Ji Qiushui’s plea to spare Ji Huanxin and crushed his head, then warned her that Blue Star would not bow to threats.
• Ji Qiushui threatened to join the Jiang Family and invade Blue Star, but Elder Chen arrived and said the Official would not yield.

After Lin Yi stopped the Ji Family’s attack on the Awakening Ceremony, he helped Official test and prepare to promote his easy-to-learn Qi-Blood external martial art nationwide. The chapter ended with students receiving a textbook that named Lin Yi as its sole compiler and the country’s number one Descender.

• Ji Qiushui accepted that the evidence would be reviewed, and Elder Chen prioritized restoring the Awakening Ceremony over discussing compensation.
• Lin Yi’s friends safely completed their awakenings, and the next round of participants proceeded without interference.
• Official researchers confirmed Lin Yi’s external martial art was easy to learn and could help practitioners cultivate Qi-Blood.
• Lin Yi asked Official to credit him as the technique’s creator, and Elder Chen agreed to promote it widely.
• At a pilot school in Zhoushan City, Zhou Qiang received the new Qi-Blood Fundamentals textbook and read that Lin Yi had compiled it.

Lin Yi advanced his martial and Sequence paths while the Qi-Blood External Art spread, then accepted a commission to rescue Yoshida Shoichi’s daughter from Eastern Ying’s Number Three Ghost Domain. After learning that Meng Yilan was also trapped there and that the official would add a second Talent Stone to the reward, Lin Yi prepared to leave that night.

• Lin Yi cultivated with a three-star Demon King heart and completed the preliminary fusion of his Martial Spirit and Three Ladder Methods.
• Bai Xuan offered Lin Yi a commission to rescue Yoshida Shoichi’s daughter from a Ghost Domain in Eastern Ying in exchange for a Talent Stone.
• Yoshida Shoichi paid Lin Yi the Talent Stone, and Lin Yi accepted the rescue commission.
• Bai Xuan revealed that Meng Yilan was trapped in the Ghost Domain and that the official would provide Lin Yi with another Talent Stone.
• Lin Yi reviewed the history of Eastern Ying’s Number Three Ghost Domain and decided to set off that night.

Lin Yi and Ji Fengyu entered Eastern Ying’s Number Three Ghost Domain to search for Meng Yilan and other missing people. Lin Yi left Ji Fengyu to explore with an experimental Fuzhu Jade, and Ji Fengyu was drawn along a haunted path as the domain intensified his hunger.

• Lin Yi brought ghost-fighting supplies back to reality, then agreed to take Ji Fengyu with him to Eastern Ying.
• Lin Yi gave Ji Fengyu Yoshida Shoichi’s daughter’s photo and a Fuzhu Jade before pushing him through the invisible barrier of Number Three Ghost Domain.
• At a government camp, Hachikawa Tsubasa and Eastern Ying’s Newborn experts discussed the disappearances, including Meng Yilan, before spotting White Mist near the mountain.
• Lin Yi scouted the Ghost Domain in mist form and judged its master to be below Demigod level.
• Ji Fengyu resisted illusions of a bustling town and food, but the domain’s hunger and eerie lamps forced him along an ancient path.
• Ji Fengyu found increasing numbers of emaciated corpses along the path.

Ji Fengyu endured the Ghost Domain’s first two layers and reunited with Lin Yi and Meng Yilan in its true domain. After Meng Yilan revealed that the domain’s master was the rapidly growing Gluttonous Wraith, Lin Yi agreed to help suppress it in exchange for a favor.

• Ji Fengyu escaped the first two layers of the Ghost Domain, resisted its hunger, and reached the Grave Mountain-like third layer.
• Ji Fengyu found Lin Yi and Meng Yilan among unconscious survivors, rejected Zhao Kexing’s bitter herbal soup, and accepted chocolate from Lin Yi.
• Lin Yi told Ji Fengyu that he had bypassed the illusions because of his higher realm and asked him to watch over a girl he had come to find.
• Meng Yilan offered Lin Yi the promised reward for rescuing the survivors, but Lin Yi demanded additional compensation for suppressing the Ghost Domain’s master.
• Meng Yilan identified the master as the Gluttonous Wraith, one of the Seven Divine Ghosts, and explained that its growing power threatened Eastern Ying and beyond.
• Lin Yi agreed to help Meng Yilan defeat the Gluttonous Wraith in exchange for a future favor.

Lin Yi drew out and fought the Gluttonous Wraith, then was expelled from Number Three Ghost Domain. He negotiated with the Eastern Ying Government to end the disaster in exchange for its Talent Stone, leaving Hachikawa Tsubasa to consider the demand.

• Lin Yi gave Ji Fengyu the Fuzhu Jade and flew toward the red moons, provoking the Gluttonous Wraith into attacking him.
• Lin Yi’s assault caused the Ghost Domain’s layers to overlap, unleashing Gluttonous Monsters on the survivors; Meng Yilan released two powerful Ghost Spirits to help defend them.
• Lin Yi defeated the Gluttonous Wraith in their exchanges, and the Ghost Domain expelled him several miles from Grave Mountain.
• Lin Yi found Hachikawa Tsubasa’s camp and, through Sun Ta, offered to end Number Three Ghost Domain and rescue its surviving victims in return for the Talent Stone.
• Sun Ta told Lin Yi that the Eastern Ying Government had promised the Talent Stone to Sato Oyama, but Lin Yi insisted that Hachikawa Tsubasa give it to him.