Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi found and bonded with the Profound Origin Wind Bead Soul Artifact in Black Abyss Cave, but removing it destabilized the cave and sent deadly debris toward the Eight-Realm Ancestors below. After testing the bead’s power, he saw the Tai Shang Family Ancestor’s severed arm blown out of the cave.

• Lin Yi pried the Profound Origin Wind Bead from the cave wall and recognized it as a Soul Artifact connected, in his view, to Divine Sacrifice.
• Removing the bead caused the cave walls to crack and sharp rock fragments to surge toward the three Eight-Realm Martial Saint Ancestors below, so Lin Yi withdrew.
• Lin Yi bonded with the bead using his blood and used it to absorb Profound Wind, weakening the wind throughout the valley.
• Lin Yi compressed and fired Profound Wind into a mountain, realizing the bead could provide a powerful attack against even an Eight-Realm Martial Saint Ancestor.
• When the wind in Black Abyss Cave reversed, Lin Yi saw a severed arm in a silver-white Tai Shang Family sleeve emerge with the debris.

Lin Yi left Black Abyss Cave after discovering that the three Eight-Realm Martial Saints had encountered a terrible danger below, then traveled to Cave Mountain to comprehend the Kun Earth Domain. The chapter ended with him clearing the miasma from an Enlightenment Chamber and beginning his cultivation.

• Lin Yi waited outside Black Abyss Cave, found the broken wooden staff of the Wood Domain Martial Saint, and left when none of the three emerged.
• After Lin Yi departed, Golden Rainbow Ancestor climbed out of Black Abyss Cave and fled in terror.
• Lin Yi arrived at Cave Mountain and chose the Second Enlightenment Chamber for Solid Earth Earth Fiend.
• Lin Yi defeated Zhen Huan in one move, stunning him and prompting Inspector Liu to explain Lin Yi's reputation.
• Lin Yi entered the Second Enlightenment Chamber, expelled its miasma, and began comprehending the Kun Earth Domain.

Lin Yi fused new Golden Talents that accelerated his comprehension of the Kun Earth Domain while refining the Void Flame Lotus into a concealed treasure. After monstrous beasts overran Profound Wind Treasure Valley, Wushi ordered Lin Yi to investigate Black Abyss Cave, and Lin Yi left Cave Mountain to go.

• Lin Yi drew Earth Body Gold, then began tempering a Fire Yuan Stone Mine to refine a treasure using the Void Flame Lotus as its core.
• After midnight, Lin Yi replaced Karma Archery and Master Alchemist with Savage Body of Devouring Fiends Gold and Earth Source Master Gold, rapidly improving his Kun Earth comprehension.
• Hideous, Profound Wind-resistant beasts poured from Black Abyss Cave and overran Profound Wind Treasure Valley, killing and injuring Martial Saints and forcing survivors to flee.
• Qiu Heming told Wushi that the outbreak likely came from Black Abyss Cave, and Wushi ordered Lin Yi to investigate the valley in his place.
• Lin Yi complained about being sent on the assignment but left Cave Mountain to investigate the beasts.

Lin Yi joined the Martial Saint Ancestors gathered outside Profound Wind Treasure Valley and learned that countless powerful, intelligent toad-like beasts filled it. With no Ninth Realm Martial Saints available, the group chose to guard the valley’s perimeter, leaving its depths and the source of the beasts for later investigation.

• Lin Yi entered the Ancestors’ secluded domain, represented Tong Pass Prefecture, and traded barbs with Zhen Xianguang.
• Grand Saint Granny arrived with a captured toad-like beast and explained that it was neither a Monster nor a ghostly creature, but was tough, intelligent, and drawn to human blood.
• The Ancestors learned that the beasts were extremely numerous and agreed to stop them escaping rather than explore the dangerous valley, since no Ninth Realm Martial Saint could assist.
• Over the next two days, the Ancestors and seventh-realm Martial Saints built several defensive lines outside the valley and found that the beasts weakened when they strayed far from it.

Lin Yi fused the Void Flame Lotus into his Li Fire Furnace, forging it into a Demigod Artifact that greatly increased his power. When exotic beasts began emerging at Profound Wind Valley, he joined the hunt after learning that Martial Saints below the eighth realm could earn rewards for killing them.

• Lin Yi fused the Void Flame Lotus into the Li Fire Furnace and completed the Flame Lotus Li Fire Furnace, a Level 2 Spirit Artifact and martial Demigod Artifact.
• Lin Yi tested the furnace’s power and became confident that he could contend with a Ninth Realm Martial Saint.
• On the fourth day at Profound Wind Treasure Valley, toad-like exotic beasts emerged from the Inner Valley, and the gathered Martial Saints spread out to fight them.
• Qian Wujiang assigned Lin Yi a team of three seventh realm Martial Saints, including Qian Wuxun, Qian Ruhai, and Qian Hui.
• Lin Yi learned that Martial Saints below the eighth realm could earn rewards by killing exotic beasts and confirmed with Qian Wujiang that he qualified.
• Lin Yi turned his attention to hunting the beasts, eager to collect the power of heaven and earth.

Lin Yi defended against the Abyssal Parasite Toad Lice, saved Qian Wuxun, and discovered that the beasts could hide in the Void. Seeking more kills and rewards, he left the safer defense point and joined the Eight-Realm Martial Saints at the entrance of Profound Wind Treasure Valley.

• Lin Yi used his perfected 'Qian Heaven' Domain to restrain a hidden Toad Louse and killed it before it could attack Qian Wuxun.
• Lin Yi warned the nearby squads that the Toad Lice could hide in the Void, then killed another pair and assessed their strength.
• Lin Yi saw the beasts infiltrating nearby defense points and headed to the valley entrance to hunt them more efficiently.
• Zhen Xianguang assigned Lin Yi a section of the defensive line, while Kun Changkong warned him that the beasts were dangerous.
• Qian Wujiang used 'Qian Heaven' to reveal hidden Toad Lice as another wave attacked, and the Eight-Realm Martial Saints unleashed their Real Domains while watching Lin Yi's performance.

Lin Yi used the Tong Pass Treasure to crush hundreds of Toad Louse Beasts and earn substantial rewards, drawing attention from the Martial Saints and Grand Saint Granny. After the beasts retreated, Grand Saint Granny asked Lin Yi to recount what he had encountered in the Black Abyss Cave.

• Lin Yi repeatedly smashed the Tong Pass Treasure down on the first defensive line, killing more than a hundred Toad Louse Beasts and impressing the watching Martial Saints and Grand Saint Granny.
• Zhen Xianguang asked Lin Yi to share some of his Heaven and Earth Power rewards, but Lin Yi refused.
• Lin Yi killed more than three hundred beasts across several charges before Zhen Xianguang expanded his Real Domain to block beasts from reaching Lin Yi.
• After the beasts retreated, Grand Saint Granny granted the Eight-Realm Martial Saints access to the Martial Saint City Treasure Vault, then took Lin Yi aside to ask about the Black Abyss Cave.
• Lin Yi repeated the details of his Black Abyss Cave encounter, largely matching what he had already told Wushi.

Lin Yi learned that help was unavailable for the crisis in Profound Wind Treasure Valley, but Grand Saint Granny rewarded his resolve by letting him study Martial Saint City's Qiankun Fundamental Diagram. She agreed to grant him access on three conditions, then transported him to a hidden space where the diagram appeared.

• Grand Saint Granny told Lin Yi that Jin Hong had left the Ancient Secret Realm and that the Venerable Saint, Wushi, and other Ninth Realm Martial Saints could not currently support them.
• Lin Yi insisted on staying to defend Profound Wind Treasure Valley, and Grand Saint Granny invited him to call her Granny.
• Grand Saint Granny offered Lin Yi the Qiankun Fundamental Diagram after learning that he had gathered all Eight Laws of Qiankun.
• Grand Saint Granny required Lin Yi to keep the diagram secret, help investigate the danger beneath Black Abyss Cave after entering the eighth realm, and have a child with Gu Tianxue before his breakthrough.
• Lin Yi agreed, and Grand Saint Granny transported him into her Spiritual Treasure's internal space and brought forth the Qiankun Fundamental Diagram.

Lin Yi entered sudden enlightenment while studying the Fundamental Diagram, as Wushi and Venerable Saint began destroying the Gap World to avert a greater disaster. The Heavenly Dawn Martial Kingdom organized evacuations to Blue Star, while the Heavenly Saint Martial Kingdom’s leaders were killed and its people were left to face the collapse.

• Lin Yi studied the Fundamental Diagram, rapidly advancing his understanding of the eight natural powers as Grand Saint Granny watched over him.
• Wushi and Venerable Saint enveloped the Gap World in their Domains and unleashed three celestial bodies that shattered its sky and ravaged its land.
• Wushi killed the Heavenly Saint Martial Kingdom’s Martial Saints and denounced the Jiang family for worshipping the Evil God and attempting to sacrifice the world.
• The Ji Family and the Demon Suppressor Division opened Teleportation Channels to evacuate Heavenly Dawn’s people to Blue Star, where Dragon Tiger Mountain helped receive them.
• Ji Wuhuan ordered Marquis Mansions that were blocking the channels and attacking civilians to be driven out, then reflected on organizing the common people after reaching Blue Star.

Martial Saint and Venerable Saint destroyed the Evil God altars and looted the Heavenly Saint Martial Kingdom before traveling through the teleportation portal to Dragon Tiger Mountain. There, they watched the Dragon Kingdom receive and resettle more than a million citizens fleeing the Heavenly Dawn Martial Kingdom, as officials reported that the influx had already strained supplies and medical staffing.

• Venerable Saint condemned the sacrifice of millions and watched Wushi destroy the skull altar, after which Martial Saint and Venerable Saint destroyed the cave and looted the Heavenly Saint Martial Kingdom.
• Venerable Saint criticized the Gap World's martial arts inheritance while Wushi collected Talent Stones from Ancestral Halls.
• Martial Saint and Venerable Saint reached the Heavenly Dawn Martial Kingdom, where more than a million citizens queued to evacuate through a teleportation portal.
• Wushi and Venerable Saint crossed the portal to Dragon Tiger Mountain and saw Dragon Kingdom personnel register, disinfect, shelter, and provide supplies to the arriving citizens.
• Bai Xuan and Zhang Lingdong reported that more than five hundred thousand citizens had arrived and that the plaza had run out of tents, medical staff were scarce, and more books in the Gap World's script were needed.

Bai Xuan and the Dragon Kingdom Government struggled to manage the Great Invasion and otherworldly Martial Saints while Lin Yi remained in seclusion. After seven days studying the “Heaven and Earth” Fundamental Diagram, Lin Yi perfected his Qiankun Void Domain and returned to find the Ancestors overwhelmed by the beasts.

• Bai Xuan warned the Dragon Kingdom Government that Martial Saints from the Heavenly Dawn Martial Kingdom had crossed into their world, and Elder Chen assigned him to keep them on Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• Venerable Saint and Wushi secretly observed Bai Xuan, then went to Linhe City to explore Blue Star.
• Grand Saint Granny gathered more Eight-Realm Martial Saint Ancestors to resist the endless Toad Louse beasts attacking Profound Wind Treasure Valley.
• Lin Yi awoke after seven days of enlightenment and discovered that his Qiankun Void Domain had reached perfection.
• Lin Yi returned from Grand Saint Granny’s Small World and learned that the Ancestors feared the beasts would overwhelm them unless they found and destroyed their source.

Grand Saint Granny proposed sending Eight-Realm Ancestors into Black Abyss Cave to investigate the strange beasts, but Tai Shang Baxiang and Zhen Xianguang argued over rewards for the dangerous mission and Qin Jian’s earlier compensation. Lin Yi gave up his own rewards and urged the gathered Ancestors to put the Ancient Domain’s survival ahead of personal gain.

• Grand Saint Granny said the strange beasts had emerged from Black Abyss Cave and proposed an expedition to find their source.
• Lin Yi recognized Yu Ye, who said the strange beast crisis had not spread through the Ancient Domain and Lord Wushi had been silent.
• Grand Saint Granny called for concealment and escape abilities among the expedition team, and Tai Shang Baxiang demanded rewards no worse than Qin Jian’s.
• Zhen Xianguang complained that Qin Jian had received extra rewards, and Yu Ye mocked the Zhen Family’s seventh realm Martial Saints, provoking Zhen Xianguang to challenge him.
• Grand Saint Granny stopped Yu Ye and Zhen Xianguang from fighting, and Lin Yi renounced his rewards and urged the Ancestors to focus on the crisis.

Grand Saint Granny offered five Star Fruits as rewards for entering Black Abyss Cave, and reserved a slot for Lin Yi so he could obtain one for Gu Tianxue. As Lin Yi prepared to master the Yin-Yang Domain before the expedition, Gu Tianxue arrived and joined him to cultivate with the Yin Yang Swimming Fish.

• Grand Saint Granny rebuked Tai Shang Baxi and Zhen Xianguang, then announced five Star Fruits as rewards for investigating Black Abyss Cave within five days.
• Grand Saint Granny privately asked Lin Yi to enter Black Abyss Cave for Gu Tianxue’s sake and reserved one of the five slots for him.
• Lin Yi began cultivating the Yin-Yang Domain with two Golden Talents, hoping to complete it before entering Black Abyss Cave.
• Gu Tianxue arrived in the Ancient Secret Realm with the Golden Light Cloak and explained that she had traded time with a Martial Saint elder for entry.
• Lin Yi summoned Gu Tianxue into his Domain and used her Yin Yang Swimming Fish to aid his cultivation, while she questioned how he had obtained the Yin-Yang Domain secret technique.

Lin Yi and Gu Tianxue cultivated together using Gu Xianqin’s copied Yin-Yang Fundamental Diagram, and their linked Dao Bodies accelerated their comprehension. As Lin Yi prepared for his coming journey into Black Abyss Cave, Gu Tianxue offered a way to speed up his progress further.

• Lin Yi showed Gu Tianxue Gu Xianqin’s copied Yin-Yang Fundamental Diagram in the Spirit Vine World, and she initially feared it was stolen from the Gu Family before discovering the inscription identifying it as a copy.
• Lin Yi and Gu Tianxue’s Yin-yang Dao Bodies linked as they studied the diagram, boosting their comprehension and seemingly letting them hear each other’s thoughts.
• Lin Yi drew two Purple Yin-Yang talents, solidified Yin Yang Hand Sword, and returned to find Old Face Fruit complaining to Gu Tianxue about being made to work in the Spirit Vine World.
• After cultivating through the night, Lin Yi reached forty percent of the minor achievement stage in the Yin-Yang Domain, while Gu Tianxue learned he planned to enter Black Abyss Cave for a Star Fruit.
• Gu Tianxue offered to refuse Grand Saint Granny’s request on Lin Yi’s behalf, but Lin Yi insisted he was confident and she proposed a method to speed up his Yin-Yang Domain comprehension.

Lin Yi brought Gu Tianxue to Blue Star, where she explored his modern world and met Liu Bo. After learning about the Gap World’s relocation and the changes in Linhe City, Lin Yi took her shopping and she tried on modern clothes.

• Gu Tianxue urged Lin Yi to try dual cultivation, but he took her to Blue Star instead.
• Gu Tianxue explored Lin Yi’s villa and learned from television that Gap World citizens had been resettled in the Dragon Kingdom.
• Liu Bo arrived, told Lin Yi that Gap World had suffered an apocalypse and that its Martial Saints had crossed over, and explained that Bai Xuan and the others were supporting Dragon Tiger Mountain and South China.
• Gu Tianxue gave Liu Bo two Purple Grade Spiritual Fruits, while Lin Yi told him to keep her identity and Lin Yi’s return secret.
• Lin Yi took Gu Tianxue to Linhe City, where she admired the modern streets and tried on jeans, a shirt, and a cap.

Lin Yi and Gu Tianxue encountered Wushi and Venerable Saint on Blue Star, then went to Dragon Tiger Mountain after Elder Chen called. There, Ji Family Martial Saints confronted Dragon Kingdom officials over detained relatives and resource allocations, and one proposed conquering the Dragon Kingdom.

• Lin Yi and Gu Tianxue saw Venerable Saint square dancing in a Linhe City park, where Wushi appeared and discussed their stay on Blue Star and the Black Abyss Cave.
• Wushi asked Lin Yi for local currency, and Lin Yi gave him an anonymous bank card before leaving with Gu Tianxue.
• Elder Chen called Lin Yi to accompany him to Dragon Tiger Mountain, where Ji Family descendants had clashed with officials and security forces over supplies.
• Ji Hongwu and other Ji Family Martial Saints demanded the release of their detained relatives and challenged Dragon Kingdom's authority to punish them.
• Ji Wuhuan arrived and warned the Ji Family Martial Saints against destroying the Heavenly Dawn Martial Kingdom's chance to settle on Blue Star, but another Martial Saint proposed seizing the Dragon Kingdom and enslaving its citizens.

The Ji Family Martial Saints rejected the Dragon Kingdom Government’s authority and tried to seize power, triggering a battle at Sword Domain. Bai Xuan and Niu Jianjun defended themselves against the first attacks and revealed that they were counting on Great Master Lin’s Ice Fire Giant Dragon.

• Ji Hongwu and the other Ji Family Martial Saints declared their intention to restore the Heavenly Dawn Martial Kingdom and attack the Dragon Kingdom Government.
• Ji Wuhuan condemned Ji Hongwu’s plan, but Ji Hongwu ordered the Martial Saints to ignore him and summoned their Martial Spirits.
• Bai Xuan told Niu Jianjun that he had approval to use nuclear bombs as a last resort, while keeping another trump card secret.
• The two sides evacuated civilians from the area around the square before a Ji Family Martial Saint charged at Bai Xuan and the others.
• Niu Jianjun ordered the artillery to fire, and the tracking shells damaged the Ji Family Martial Saints’ protective treasures without killing them.
• Bai Xuan used Divine Talismans to shield the group from a Black Bear Martial Spirit and said they would wait for Great Master Lin’s Ice Fire Giant Dragon.

Bai Xuan struggled to stop the Ji Family Martial Saints’ rebellion as the Ice Fire Giant Dragon fought all four of them. The dragon was bound and brought down, leaving Bai Xuan and the others facing an urgent choice as its attackers closed in.

• Ji Hongwu ordered Ji Chengnan to attack the artillery positions while he and the other three Martial Saints fought the Ice Fire Giant Dragon, which devastated much of the plaza with its breath.
• Bai Xuan’s allies criticized his lack of preparation, and he explained that he had not dared to scheme against Martial Saints in advance.
• Bai Xuan asked Ji Wuhuan for help, but Ji Wuhuan refused because he had sworn never to oppose the Ji Family.
• Bai Xuan ruled out missile support and nuclear weapons, then proposed bringing Lin Yi back; Niu Jianjun said Elder Chen had already been notified but had not replied.
• Ji Hongwu used a Dragon Binding Whip to bind the Ice Fire Giant Dragon’s wings, and the four Martial Saints brought it crashing into the plaza.
• Niu Jianjun and the others urged Bai Xuan to release them as Ji Hongwu and the other Martial Saints approached the fallen dragon.

Bai Xuan used his Parchment Scroll to stop time and save the Official Descenders from Ji Hongwu’s attack, allowing Lin Yi and Gu Tianxue to arrive. Lin Yi killed Ji Chengnan and confronted the Ji Family Martial Saints, then crushed Ji Hongwu’s Black Bear Martial Spirit and left the surviving enemies scrambling to flee.

• Bai Xuan ordered the weaker Official Descenders to hide, then used Time Freeze to slow Ji Hongwu’s Black Bear Martial Spirit as Niu Jianjun and others escaped.
• Bai Xuan threw his Parchment Scroll, which stopped time, and Lin Yi and Gu Tianxue arrived; Lin Yi sent Bai Xuan to lead the others away.
• When time resumed, Ji Hongwu found the Official Descenders and Ice Fire Giant Dragon gone, and the Ji Family Martial Saints discussed taking control of the Dragon Kingdom.
• Lin Yi emerged from the Void holding Gu Tianxue’s hand and revealed Ji Chengnan’s severed head to Ji Hongwu and the others.
• Lin Yi’s Domain immobilized and destroyed Ji Hongwu’s Black Bear Martial Spirit, prompting Ji Hongwu to urge the remaining Martial Saints to run.

Lin Yi defeated the Ji Family Martial Saints and stopped their escape, while Gu Tianxue killed one attacker who tried to seize her. He gathered the people of the Heavenly Dawn Martial Kingdom and began addressing them, with Ji Hongwu left hanging above the plaza.

• Lin Yi crushed Ji Hongwu's Martial Spirit and killed a Ji Family Martial Saint before trapping the fleeing survivors with the power of heaven and earth.
• Gu Tianxue killed a Ji Family Martial Saint who attacked her, and Lin Yi then tore Ji Sanghuai apart when he made a final charge.
• Ji Wuhuan asked Lin Yi to spare Ji Hongwu and Ji Sanghuai temporarily, but Lin Yi killed Ji Sanghuai and refused Ji Hongwu's plea for mercy.
• Lin Yi ordered Bai Xuan and Niu Jianjun to gather the people of the Heavenly Dawn Martial Kingdom in the plaza.
• Lin Yi introduced himself to the gathered people as Ji Hongwu hung above them, and began to speak.