Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi traded Merit Points with several families, studied how Ninth Realm Martial Saints formed a Domain World, and considered whether his Spirit Vine World could help him advance. On his way to Martial Saint City, he confronted Wuchen Gongzi, who demanded Merit Points or a Secret Realm Slot, and trapped him with the Combined Tong Pass Treasure.

• Xun Hanfeng and other Nine-Realm Ancestors asked Lin Yi to sell Merit Points, and Lin Yi agreed to trade with the Xun, Li, and Wen Feng Families while rejecting Tai Shang Zhou’s offer.
• Lin Yi read Master Wushi’s record about breaking through to the Ninth Realm and wondered whether he could use the Spirit Vine World to advance beyond it.
• Lin Yi failed to draw Talents again, then prepared to return to Martial Saint City and trade Merit Points for resources from the three families.
• Wuchen Gongzi intercepted Lin Yi and demanded Merit Points or a Secret Realm Slot, but Lin Yi refused.
• Wuchen Gongzi tried to block Lin Yi by force, so Lin Yi used the Combined Tong Pass Treasure to seal him inside.

Lin Yi questioned Wuchen Gongzi about breaking through to the ninth realm and nurturing a Domain World, then imprisoned him while reconsidering his own path to cultivation. At the Xun Family treasure vault, Lin Yi accepted a Sequencer inheritance and continued searching its treasures.

• Lin Yi forced Wuchen Gongzi to explain that a Class Six Star nurtured an internal world and that high-quality Domains were harder to develop, then asked about the methods used to reach the ninth realm.
• Wuchen Gongzi said many Ancient Domain ancestors incorporated their Domains into their Qi Sea Spaces, but refused to reveal his own method because of a martial oath.
• Lin Yi imprisoned Wuchen Gongzi in Tong Pass and continued toward Martial Saint City, wondering whether Qiankun Yin Yang, Profound Yellow Qi, or special talents could help him break through.
• Xun Hanfeng escorted Lin Yi through the Xun Family treasure vault and offered him a Sequencer inheritance as a meeting gift.
• Lin Yi identified the inheritance as Cheng Huang, which could extend its cultivator’s lifespan and produce Spiritual Qi that prolonged others’ lives, then continued through the vault.

Lin Yi toured the Xun Family’s Treasure Vault with Xun Hanfeng, examined an ancient painting and a Demigod Artifact, and selected a few treasures. He also obtained three Talent Stones from the Xun Family before leaving to visit the Li Family and the Wen Feng Family.

• Xun Hanfeng showed Lin Yi an Ancient Painting depicting Gu Xianhe and the ancestors who helped establish the Ancient Domain, and promised him a copy.
• Lin Yi examined the Xun Wind Chimes but chose an Ice Crystal Tree Seed and several Golden Spirit Fruits from the Treasure Vault.
• Lin Yi exchanged the selected treasures for about two hundred and thirty merit points, and Xun Hanfeng promised to remember his favor.
• Lin Yi showed Xun Hanfeng a drawing of a Talent Stone, and Xun Hanfeng gave him three of the stones.
• Lin Yi left the Xun Family satisfied and planned to visit the Li Family and the Wen Feng Family.

Lin Yi finished trading with the Li and Wen Feng Families, then met Wushi to discuss the ninth realm and the coming Ancient Secret Realm. Wushi gave him ten Talent Stones and let him keep the Seventeen Tong Pass Treasure, leaving Lin Yi well supplied for the expedition.

• Lin Yi selected a refining material, a pill formula, and two Talent Stones from the Li Family Treasury, while Wen Feng Caikui shared his insights into reaching the ninth realm.
• Lin Yi met Wushi at Tong Pass Prefecture, where Wushi explained that the Ancient Secret Realm would open in a little over half a month and that nurturing a small world required rare wonders such as Profound Yellow Qi.
• Wushi told Lin Yi that he and the Mansion Master had reached Half-Step Transcendence after dividing the Profound Yellow Qi from the collapsed Gap World, and that he planned to break through in the Ancient Secret Realm.
• Wushi had Lin Yi release Wuchen and gave him a bundle of ten Talent Stones, warning that the upcoming expedition would be dangerous and allowing him to keep the Seventeen Tong Pass Treasure.
• Lin Yi opened the bundle after leaving Tong Pass Prefecture and counted fifteen Talent Stones in total, including those he had acquired from the Xun and Li Families.

After Lin Yi returned to the Gu Family, he avoided the visiting branches and tested the Talent Fusion ability unlocked when his Omnipotent Talent reached Level 20. He successfully fused two Golden Talents into one, but questioned whether the costly ability was worthwhile unless it could produce a Red Talent.

• Wuchen warned Wushi that Lin Yi might discover his intentions and turn against the Ancient Domain, but Wushi insisted he had not set up his disciple and threatened to take Wuchen to the Apocalypse Continent.
• After Lin Yi returned to the Gu Family, visitors from its main and side branches overwhelmed him, so he entered seclusion while Gu Tianxue cultivated in the Spirit Vine World.
• At Central Mountain Peak, Lin Yi refined four Talent Stones and raised his Omnipotent Talent to Level 20, unlocking Talent Fusion.
• Lin Yi fused his Master Craftsman and Master Alchemist talents, spending a Talent Stone and more than ten thousand Source Stones to create Dual Mastery of Artifacts and Pills.
• After examining the fused Golden Talent, Lin Yi decided he would need to use all three daily talent draws to gather materials and hoped Talent Fusion could produce a Red Talent.

Lin Yi raised his Omnipotent Talent to level 30, gaining the ability to grant drawn talents to others, then visited the Linhe City Martial Arts Academy on Blue Star with Elder Chen. He saw how the academy was training young warriors and found Sha Ling'er distracted, leaving her future training in question.

• Lin Yi used ten Talent Stones to raise his Omnipotent Talent to level 30, gaining Talent Grant and learning that the talent had reached its level cap.
• Lin Yi realized he could use Talent Grant to give suitable talents to his loyal followers and help them grow stronger.
• At the Linhe City Martial Arts Academy, Old Fourth Gu taught Divine Talismans while Tian Xiaoye trained as a martial arts student and Sha Ling'er chatted with her dormmates.
• Lin Yi arrived with Elder Chen, and Sha Ling'er stopped chatting after he called her out for focusing on makeup instead of her studies.
• Lin Yi decided Sha Ling'er should train outside Blue Star with Tian Xiaoye after their cohort graduated.
• Zhang Baichuan showed Lin Yi and Elder Chen the academy cafeteria, where they requested the same meal as the students.

Lin Yi discussed Dragon Kingdom’s proposed reforms with Elder Chen and agreed to support them, then returned to the Martial Arts Academy to check on his disciples. After meeting Li Chaofan, he discovered that she possessed five remarkable talents, including a Red Talent.

• Elder Chen told Lin Yi that Yao-related disasters were weakening and outlined plans to reform Dragon Kingdom; Lin Yi offered suggestions and pledged his support.
• Lin Yi received five Talent Stones from Elder Chen, the last ones recovered from the Gap World by the Ji Family.
• At the Martial Arts Academy, Lin Yi told Sha Ling'er to study diligently and assigned Tian Xiaoye to supervise her.
• Tian Xiaoye told Lin Yi that Li Chaofan wanted to meet him, and Lin Yi learned that she had defeated Tian Xiaoye despite being a lower-ranked Warrior.
• Lin Yi checked Li Chaofan’s talents and discovered she had a Red Talent and four other powerful talents.

Lin Yi returned to Blue Star, took Li Chaoran as his disciple, and gave her a Flame Spear. He used the Wish Incense Altar to train his companions and left them with improved skills and equipment, while Liu Bo wondered whether Lin Yi was preparing to leave for good.

• Lin Yi accepted Li Chaoran as his disciple after she thanked him for saving her, and warned her and his other disciples not to abuse his name.
• Lin Yi forged a Flame Spear from Monster King materials and gave it to Li Chaoran.
• Lin Yi returned to the villa with Old Fourth Gu, then took Gu Chenghu to the Spirit Vine World and used the Wish Incense Altar to help him cultivate the Asura Blazing Sun Saber.
• Lin Yi guided Gu Man, Jiang Hanxue, and Liu Bo through cultivation in turn, using the altar’s three daily wishes.
• Liu Bo asked whether Lin Yi planned to stop returning to Blue Star, and Lin Yi said he would return because nothing was happening in Apocalypse World.

Lin Yi prepared Liu Bo and Liu Yuxi for his departure by giving them Golden Talents, then returned to the Ancient Domain as the Ancient Secret Realm expedition drew near. In Martial Saint City, the gathered Ninth Realm Martial Saints learned that Venerable Saint had allocated many of the realm’s entry slots to witches and monsters.

• Lin Yi gave Liu Bo a Talent Stone containing the Golden Talent Spiritually Connected Body, and Liu Bo was shocked by the result.
• Lin Yi toured the Spirit Vine World with Liu Yuxi, heard her news about Jiang Zhufeng and Li Qianjie, and assured her he would return to Blue Star before giving her a Golden Talent.
• Lin Yi exchanged hundreds of thousands of Source Stones for crimson-orange and emerald-green radiance in North America, while reforms on Blue Star continued gradually under Elder Chen’s mediation.
• Venerable Saint and the Mansion Master entered Martial Saint City’s main hall with Wushi and Lin Yi, and Venerable Saint announced that those present would receive shares of the Ancient Secret Realm slots.
• Kun Hai questioned why the Core Area would offer only a dozen or so slots, and Tai Shang Lingyun revealed that Venerable Saint had given ten to the Southern Domain Witches and several to the Supreme Demon Domain’s Monsters.

The Venerable Saint and the Prefect of Tong Pass defended giving Ancient Secret Realm slots to the Southern Domain and Supreme Demon Domain, then the hall debated Tong Pass Prefecture’s allocation. The Prefect of Tong Pass ended the chapter furiously confronting Zhen Changsheng over the Zhen Family’s lack of support during the attack on the Second Tong Pass.

• Qian Poqiong and Tai Shang Lingyun challenged the Venerable Saint and the Prefect of Tong Pass for giving Secret Realm slots to outsiders, while the Venerable Saint warned against war with the Southern Domain.
• The Prefect of Tong Pass explained that Southern Domain shamans could open a safe path through the Sea of Stars, where rare treasures and Profound Yellow Qi could be found.
• The Prefect of Tong Pass said Envoy-level Demon Gods had threatened the Ancient Domain into granting the Supreme Demon Domain slots, prompting him to challenge Tai Shang Lingyun to eliminate them.
• Zhen Changsheng argued that Deputy Prefect Qin should not receive a slot and that Tong Pass Prefecture deserved only one, but Xun Hanfeng and the Prefect of Tong Pass defended its allocation.
• The Prefect of Tong Pass reminded Zhen Changsheng that Tong Pass Prefecture’s people had died defending the Second Tong Pass while the Zhen Family sent no one, then angrily condemned the family for benefiting from others’ sacrifices.

Lin Yi agreed to duel Zhen Changsheng over a Secret Realm Slot and proposed that the Qian Family’s Primordial Heaven Stabilizing Pearl and his Flame Lotus Li Fire Furnace be the stakes. Qian Poqiong and Zhen Changsheng accepted, while Tai Shang Lingyun’s attempt to restrict Lin Yi’s artifact was rejected; the chapter ended before the duel began.

• Gu Chaokuang rebuked Zhen Changsheng, and Qian Poqiong proposed a duel to settle the dispute over Secret Realm Slots.
• Lin Yi agreed to fight but demanded the Qian Family’s Primal Chaos Stabilizing Bead as a stake, offering his Flame Lotus Li Fire Furnace in return.
• Qian Poqiong and Zhen Changsheng privately agreed to divide the rewards and accepted Lin Yi’s terms.
• Qian Poqiong brought out the Primordial Heaven Stabilizing Pearl, which Lin Yi inspected before the duel.
• Tai Shang Lingyun argued that Lin Yi should not use a Demigod Artifact, but Lin Yi challenged him to fight instead, and Tai Shang Lingyun withdrew.

Lin Yi faced Zhen Changsheng in a Martial Saint City hall, where the two fought to settle their competition. After Zhen Changsheng surrounded him with hundreds of lightning clones, Lin Yi unleashed his newly fused Red Talent and erased them all, leaving Zhen Changsheng stunned.

• Zhen Changsheng insisted on fighting Lin Yi inside the hall, and the Ninth Realm Martial Saints reinforced it with their Domains.
• Lin Yi drew on his newly fused Red Talent, Qiankun Yin Yang Dharma Body, which greatly strengthened his Qiankun Yin Yang Real Domain.
• Lin Yi and Zhen Changsheng exchanged powerful blows using the Great Sun Li Fire Palm and Town Law Thunder Fist.
• Zhen Changsheng summoned hundreds of lightning clones with Three Thousand Thunders and attacked Lin Yi from every direction.
• Lin Yi's Domain suppressed and tore apart every clone, leaving Zhen Changsheng shocked by the power of Qiankun.

Lin Yi used his Qiankun Yin Yang Domain to suppress Zhen Changsheng’s lightning techniques and overpower him in close combat. Zhen Changsheng switched to his blade, but Lin Yi’s enhanced Blazing Flame Blade Technique left him surrounded by flames and facing a barrage of attacks.

• Lin Yi’s Qiankun Yin Yang Domain shattered Zhen Changsheng’s Thunder Clones and weakened his Thunder Qi Shield, allowing Lin Yi to knock him into the hall floor with two punches.
• Zhen Changsheng climbed out of the crater and declared that he had not lost, then charged Lin Yi with an Azure Dragon Long Blade.
• Zhen Changsheng unleashed his savage Blade Domain, but Lin Yi dodged his slashes and struck back with an enhanced Blue-Purple Flame blade aura.
• Lin Yi burned Zhen Changsheng’s outer robe and hair, then summoned dozens of flame blade auras above him and asked if he would admit defeat.

Lin Yi overwhelmed Zhen Changsheng with a Domain-enhanced Great Sun Li Fire Palm, nearly killing him and melting the Martial Saint Hall's jade floor. Zhen Changsheng refused to concede and proposed calling the battle a draw to protect his Secret Realm Slot.

• Zhen Changsheng rejected Qian Poqiong's warning and charged Lin Yi, but Lin Yi's Great Sun Li Fire Palm burned him and suppressed him in the hall.
• Lin Yi's flames melted the jade floor, shocking the watching Ninth Realm Martial Saints, while Bu Hui Li explained the jade's exceptional resistance to heat.
• Zhen Changsheng crawled from the melted floor badly burned, denied that he had lost, and put on a robe after discovering his clothes and hair were gone.
• Zhen Changsheng asked Qian Poqiong to make Lin Yi fight without his Domain, but Qian Poqiong refused and reminded him to use his own Demigod Artifact.
• Rather than risk another attack or lose his Secret Realm Slot, Zhen Changsheng told Lin Yi that the fight should count as a draw.

Lin Yi and Zhen Changsheng secretly agreed to call their duel a draw, but Zhen Changsheng awarded the Qian Family’s Primordial Heaven Stabilizing Pearl to Lin Yi. When Qian Poqiong refused to honor the wager, Lin Yi took the artifact by force and left him subdued as Venerable Saint ended the dispute.

• Zhen Changsheng offered Lin Yi the Town Law Thunder Fist, a million Source Stones, and access to the Zhen Family Treasure Vault in exchange for calling their fight a draw and leaving him the Ancient Secret Realm slot.
• Lin Yi and Zhen Changsheng declared their duel a draw, but Zhen Changsheng said the Primordial Heaven Stabilizing Pearl wager belonged to Lin Yi.
• Qian Poqiong accused them of conspiring and refused to hand over the pearl, so Lin Yi attacked and seized it.
• Lin Yi suppressed Qian Poqiong with his Qiankun Domain and warned him against further resistance.
• Venerable Saint ended the dispute, and Qian Poqiong reluctantly accepted the loss.

After Lin Yi’s duel, Qian Poqiong and Tai Shang Lingyun suspected that “Qin Jian” was an impostor and planned to investigate him at Twelfth Tong Pass. The group prepared for the Ancient Secret Realm expedition, while the Venerable Saint and Ancestral Saint revealed their deception and argued after the meeting.

• After Lin Yi defeated Zhen Changsheng and suppressed Qian Poqiong, Tai Shang Lingyun urged Qian Poqiong to join him in investigating “Qin Jian’s” identity.
• Qian Poqiong agreed to cooperate with Tai Shang Lingyun, who proposed traveling to Twelfth Tong Pass to investigate the change in Qin Jian.
• The Venerable Saint distributed maps and outlined the group’s plans for entering the Ancient Secret Realm, warning them to unite against the Witches and Monsters.
• After the meeting, the Ancestral Saint revealed that she had impersonated Wushi with the Mirage Pearl Demigod Artifact.
• The Venerable Saint and Ancestral Saint argued over Lin Yi’s earlier fight, and the Prefecture Lord led Lin Yi out of the hall and commented on his marriage to the Gu Family’s daughter.

Gu Chaokuang revealed why the Prefect of Tong Pass needed ties to the Gu Family and asked Lin Yi to succeed him. After discovering Lin Yi was a Born One, he still insisted that Lin Yi take the position and guard Tong Pass while he and Wushi entered the Black Mist.

• Gu Chaokuang explained that Gu Family blood or taking a Gu woman’s primordial yin granted the aura needed to wield Lord Gu Xianhe’s divine artifacts, and that he had married into the family and taken the name Gu Chaokuang.
• Gu Chaokuang revealed that he came from a declining branch of the Qian Family and had severed ties with it after rising to prominence.
• Gu Chaokuang told Lin Yi that marrying into the Gu Family and becoming Deputy Prefect made him a candidate to succeed as Prefect, but Lin Yi balked at the restrictions, including having to remain in the Ancient Domain.
• Gu Chaokuang revealed that he and the Venerable Saint had investigated Lin Yi and learned he was a Born One, but had kept his identity secret because he had protected the Ancient Domain and Wushi trusted him.
• Gu Chaokuang said Wushi and he could still appoint Lin Yi Prefect if he put the Ancient Domain first, then declared Lin Yi would watch over Tong Pass while they entered the Black Mist.

Elon De Star Pivot and a group of Southern Domain Shamans traveled to the Ancient Domain aboard a Witch Artifact Treasure Ship, but Wushi and Wuchen ambushed them to eliminate Elon and the witnesses. Wushi restored the destroyed ship and landscape, then left with the vessel as Wuchen pursued the surviving Shamans.

• Elon De Star Pivot and the Southern Domain Shamans discussed their contempt for the Ancient Domain as their Witch Artifact Treasure Ship approached.
• Wushi and Wuchen destroyed the ship from the sky and confronted Elon, who realized Wushi had betrayed him.
• Wushi and Wuchen joined forces to kill Elon before he could summon his Shaman Tower.
• Wuchen pursued the fleeing Shaman disciples while Wushi used his Domain to restore the landscape and ship, then stored the vessel away.

Lin Yi visited the Zhen Family estate, where Zhen Changsheng tried to make amends with gifts and promises after their earlier conflict. Lin Yi left with Source Stones and Talent Stones, while Zhen Changsheng warned his stewards not to provoke him again.

• Zhen Changsheng welcomed Lin Yi, gave him Lightning Liquid Spirit Brew, and promised a million Source Stones and items from the Zhen Family Treasure Vault.
• Lin Yi selected two Talent Stones and offered to trade Superior Martial Saint Pills for more stones in the future.
• Zhen Changsheng ordered his stewards to bring Lin Yi the promised goods and more Lightning Liquid Spirit Brew, then expelled Zhen Nantian and vowed to punish Zhen Xianguang for offending him.
• Lin Yi received the million Source Stones, two Talent Stones, and other gifts before leaving the Zhen Family estate.
• Zhen Changsheng told his stewards to treat Qin Jian respectfully and revealed that Qin Jian had caused the charred wound on his face.

After returning to Tong Pass Prefecture, Lin Yi investigated reports of Ghost Spirits appearing inside the Ancient Domain and tasked his subordinates with eliminating them and tracing their cause. He then reviewed his resources and resolved to gather every Talent Stone in the Ancient Domain before the Ancient Secret Realm opened, while considering his path to Class Six Star.

• Lin Yi returned to Tong Pass Prefecture, where Zhuge Jiujian and Chen Mu'er reported that a Witch and a possible Professional-level Wraith had appeared in the Ancient Domain.
• Lin Yi sent Chen Mu'er and three Martial Saints to eliminate the Wraith and ordered his subordinates to monitor Martial Saints entering from the Northern Domain for clues about the Ghost Spirit outbreaks.
• Lin Yi offered Lightning Liquid Spirit Brew as a reward for finding the cause of the Ghost Spirits' appearance, exciting the Martial Saints who recognized its value.
• Lin Yi entered the Spirit Vine World and reviewed his medicinal garden and Monster Drops, considering how to turn his resources into greater strength.
• Lin Yi decided to prioritize Talent Stones for the Qiankun Yin Yang Dharma Body and to gather every Talent Stone in the Ancient Domain before the Ancient Secret Realm opened.