Chapter Summaries

As the Ancient Secret Realm’s opening approached, Southern Domain Great Shamans discovered that two of their number had vanished, while the three factions gathered at Tong Pass Prefecture to discuss entry rules. The meeting ended with the Southern Domain Great Shamans objecting to restrictions they considered unfair.

• Southern Domain Great Shamans in Martial Saint City learned that Elon De and Duolong had disappeared and suspected a hidden force was targeting them.
• Envoy-level Demon Gods and representatives of the Ancient Domain and Southern Domain gathered at Tong Pass Prefecture for a meeting about the Ancient Secret Realm.
• Venerable Saint laid out rules restricting what the Southern Domain Great Shamans and Envoy Demon Gods could do inside the Secret Realm.
• Melderay challenged the rules, and other Southern Domain Great Shamans joined him in objecting to restrictions they said unfairly targeted them.

The Venerable Saint tested the Southern Domain Great Shamans by imposing harsh Secret Realm rules, while Lin Yi confronted them over Professional-level Wraiths and accused Great Shaman Gael of directing the attacks. Gael killed a captured disciple and fought back against Lin Yi’s Tong Pass Treasure, leaving the battle underway as the Ram-headed Envoy warned that Lin Yi had not yet used his full strength.

• Kun Hai and Zhen Changsheng provoked the Southern Domain Great Shamans, while Serlan called for cooperation before the Ram-headed Envoy insulted the Witches and sparked an argument with them.
• The Venerable Saint ended the meeting, and Lin Yi escorted the visitors from Tong Pass before warning them not to cause trouble in Martial Saint City.
• Lin Yi questioned Gael about the Professional-level Wraiths, revealed that Gael’s missing disciples had appeared at the attack sites, and produced a captured blond-haired Witch who identified Gael as his teacher.
• Gael killed the captured Witch and claimed authority to handle the Southern Domain offender, but Lin Yi summoned the Tong Pass Treasure and moved to suppress Gael and the others.
• Gael summoned his Necromancer Tower and sent shadow monsters and enormous Bone Monsters against Lin Yi, who destroyed the first wave with the Town Law Thunder Fist while noticing that the creatures could be reborn.

Lin Yi suppressed Gael’s Bone Monsters and battered his Necromancer Tower until Gael released a deadly Black Mist. As the assembled Saints and Shamans fought the spreading threat, Gael abandoned his tower and tried to flee the Ancient Domain.

• Lin Yi used the Twelve Tong Passes to capture Gael’s Bone Monsters and nullify the witchcraft he launched from his Necromancer Tower.
• Lin Yi’s repeated attacks cracked the tower’s defenses while the gathered Great Shamans and Ninth Realm Martial Saints watched.
• Gael unleashed a vast Black Mist that drained life, produced biting monsters, and pierced Lin Yi’s skin with Black Qi.
• Lin Yi expelled the Black Qi with Fuzhu’s purifying power and burned the captured mist with Blazing Flame Fire as the Venerable Saints and others began clearing it.
• Gael put away his Necromancer Tower and tried to escape the Ancient Domain after his scheme to use martial artists’ Qi-Blood was exposed.

Lin Yi suppressed the Black Mist after rescuing Gael, while Wushi revealed the danger of Black Qi and used the crisis to press the Southern Domain Great Shamans into accepting restrictions in the Secret Realm. The chapter ended with the Great Shamans agreeing to the rules, provided the Ancient Domain did not seize their Sea of Stars gains.

• Wuchen Gongzi pursued Gael, but Lin Yi intervened and claimed him as Qin's spoils of war, with Gu Chaokuang supporting Lin Yi's claim.
• Wushi warned that the spreading Black Mist contained Black Qi and sent Lin Yi to stop it from turning the surrounding area into a dead zone.
• Lin Yi suppressed the Black Mist with his Great Sun Li Fire Palm and placed it in the Tong Pass Suppression Space.
• Serlan explained Gallier's actions to Wushi, while Zhen Changsheng demanded that the Southern Domain Great Shamans give an explanation.
• The Venerable Saint offered to settle the matter if the Southern Domain Great Shamans followed the Ancient Domain's rules for the Secret Realm, and Serlan accepted on the condition that they keep what they found in the Sea of Stars.

Lin Yi captured the Southern Domain Great Shaman Gael and used God Annihilation Pills to weaken his Spirit Power before binding him with a Demon Taming Spirit Seed. Gael revealed his background and hidden treasures, including a store of Profound Yellow Qi, leaving Lin Yi with a major haul.

• Lin Yi entered the Tong Pass Treasure's Suppression Space and found Dreamlike Envoy and Pine Wood Envoy beating the imprisoned Great Shaman.
• Lin Yi removed Dreamlike Envoy's Demon Taming Spirit Seed, then inserted it into Gallier, but the Great Shaman's powerful Spirit Power resisted control.
• Lin Yi fed Gael two God Annihilation Pills, suppressed his Spirit Power, and successfully bound him with the Demon Taming Spirit Seed.
• Gael identified himself as Gael Ross, the Necromancer Great Shaman of Number Eight Island, and revealed details about his forces and the island's buried battlefield fragment.
• Gael handed Lin Yi four concealed storage Shaman Artifacts containing miscellaneous items, over three million Source Stones, books and Witchcraft scrolls, and Profound Yellow Qi.

Lin Yi learned about Gael’s treasures and the Shaman Tower path to becoming a legendary Shaman, then considered pursuing Witch cultivation alongside martial cultivation. Meanwhile, Wushi warned gathered Martial Saints that Black Qi could render Profound Yellow Qi useless, raising questions about the fate of the Ancient Domain’s predecessors.

• Lin Yi discovered Gael’s Profound Yellow Qi and Red Grade Life Tree Fruit, and learned that Gael had obtained the qi from Griffith in exchange for the Method of Constructing a Shaman Tower.
• Gael explained how Shaman Towers nurtured small worlds and enabled Great Shamans to seek legendary combat power, while Lin Yi studied the method and considered cultivating as a Witch.
• Lin Yi sent Gael to the Spirit Vine World to watch over Professor Lott and the other captives, who worked as laborers there.
• Wushi told the Black Qi-afflicted Martial Saints gathered in Tong Pass Prefecture that Black Qi could contaminate Profound Yellow Qi, leaving Kun Hai and the others concerned about entering the Ancient Secret Realm.
• Wushi wondered why no Ancient Domain records described Black Qi or its dangers, and questioned whether the predecessors who entered the Apocalypse Continent had met with misfortune.

Wushi revealed that his visions showed Lin Yi eventually defeating the Ancient Domain’s Ninth Realm Martial Saints after a devastating war, prompting Wushi, Venerable Saint, and Gu Chaokuang to advance their plan to reveal Lin Yi’s identity. Lin Yi entered the hall and claimed he could resolve the Black Qi, but Dui Longting challenged him to explain how.

• Wushi told Venerable Saint and Gu Chaokuang that the Qian Family and Tai Shang Family would expose Lin Yi, leading to war between the Ancient Domain and Blue Star.
• Wushi described how Lin Yi would defeat the Ancient Domain’s Ninth Realm Martial Saints and rally its Martial Families, while hostile forces fled and were hunted down.
• Venerable Saint agreed that they should help Lin Yi, and Gu Chaokuang endorsed revealing his identity publicly.
• After receiving a message from Wushi, Lin Yi entered the hall and announced that he could resolve the Black Qi.
• Gu Chaokuang supported Lin Yi’s claim, and Dui Longting asked what method he would use.

Lin Yi revealed that he had impersonated Qin Jian, and Venerable Saint and Mansion Master Gu Chaokuang explained why they had brought him into the Ancient Domain. The Nine-Realm Ancestors hesitated to accept him, but their need for his help against the Black Qi left his position unresolved.

• Lin Yi revealed his true appearance, and the Nine-Realm Ancestors recognized him as the Descender from Blue Star.
• Venerable Saint confirmed Lin Yi was Qin Jian’s impersonator and said the real Qin Jian was safe, while Bu Hui Li and others demanded an explanation.
• Mansion Master Gu Chaokuang said he and Venerable Saint had chosen Lin Yi because the Ancient Domain needed to reform and accept Descenders.
• Lin Yi reminded the ancestors that they needed his help to remove the Black Qi, and Tuoba Kuan agreed to stop targeting Descenders if Lin Yi cured him.
• Venerable Saint explained that he and Gu Chaokuang had recruited Lin Yi months earlier and arranged for him to impersonate Qin Jian to protect him from hostility toward Descenders.
• Dui Longting asked whether Venerable Saint still intended Lin Yi to remain Deputy Prefecture Lord of Tong Pass.

Lin Yi revealed his identity as a Newborn and used his Sequence power to extract the Black Qi afflicting the Nine-Realm Ancestors. After debate over whether he could remain Deputy Prefecture Lord of Tong Pass, the Ancestors accepted him so he could continue treating them.

• Lin Yi demonstrated that he could draw Black Qi from Venerable Saint, while pretending the difficult treatment had only removed most of it.
• Bu Hui Li and Xun Hanfeng supported Lin Yi, while other Ancestors argued over admitting Newborns to the Ancient Domain.
• Shentu Ben threatened Lin Yi, but backed down after Lin Yi questioned whether he meant it.
• Venerable Saint warned that the Black Qi could contaminate the Ancient Secret Realm's Profound Yellow Qi, and Zhen Changsheng agreed to support Lin Yi in exchange for treatment.
• Lin Yi began treating Zhen Changsheng and other Ancestors, and Gu Chaokuang accepted responsibility for Lin Yi's position.
• With influential families leading the way and the Black Qi curse urgent, the Nine-Realm Ancestors accepted Lin Yi's identity.

Qian Poqiong and Tai Shang Lingyun brought Zhou Shangyun to expose Lin Yi, but Lin Yi’s identity had already been revealed and the Nine-Realm Ancestors defended him while he treated their Black Qi. Wushi challenged the Qian Family to a life-and-death duel with Lin Yi, and an ancient Qian Family figure appeared in response.

• Qian Poqiong and Tai Shang Lingyun returned from the Twelfth Tong Pass with Zhou Shangyun, intending to use him to expose Lin Yi’s false identity.
• After learning that Lin Yi had publicly revealed himself as a Newborn, the two Ancestors brought Zhou Shangyun into the hall where Lin Yi was removing Black Qi from the Nine-Realm Ancestors.
• Qian Poqiong and Tai Shang Lingyun accused Lin Yi of impersonation, but Tuoba Kuan and the other Ancestors defended him and demanded that the two wait their turn.
• Zhou Shangyun knelt and claimed Qian Poqiong and Tai Shang Lingyun had forced him to expose Deputy Prefect Qin, while praising Qin’s service in the Twelfth Tong Pass.
• Wushi said the Qian Family could settle its objection to Lin Yi through a life-and-death duel, and Tai Shang Lingyun accused Wushi of using Lin Yi to purge old Martial Families.
• An ancient voice from the night clouds challenged Wushi’s implication that the Qian Family was decayed, and the Ancestors recognized that a Qian Family elder had emerged from seclusion.

Qian Xiaolie rallied the Qian Family to capture Lin Yi, forcing the gathered Ninth Realm experts to choose whether to oppose him. When Qian Xiaolie challenged Lin Yi to a fight, Wushi stepped in to face him.

• Qian Xiaolie arrived at Tong Pass Prefecture Hall and accused Gu Chaokuang of pushing the Qian Family out of power.
• Qian Xiaolie ordered the Qian Family to gather and capture Lin Yi, threatening to kill anyone who stood in their way.
• Tuoba Kuan’s family chose neutrality, while Kun Hai and the other Ninth Realm ancestors rejected Qian Xiaolie’s claim that Lin Yi’s presence was rebellion.
• Qian Xiaolie challenged Lin Yi to a duel, offering to leave if he lost and allow Lin Yi to remain in the Ancient Domain if he won.
• Wushi warned Lin Yi that his techniques would be ineffective against Qian Xiaolie and took the challenge himself.

Wushi defeated Qian Xiaolie in a battle that revealed the power of Ninth Realm Martial Saints who had nurtured Small Worlds. He explained to Lin Yi how World Seeds grew and produced Source Qi, but admitted that the Ancient Domain had no surviving inheritance of Class Six Star Martial Artists.

• Wushi and Qian Xiaolie fought in the sky, shattering space as nearby Ancestors, Southern Domain Witches, and Envoy Demon Gods watched.
• Wushi and Qian Xiaolie agreed to a truce after the Qian Family withdrew from pursuing the Born One, and Qian Xiaolie dismissed the Qian Family forces.
• Wushi told Lin Yi that he had won by one move because Qian Xiaolie’s aged body lacked endurance.
• Wushi explained that Ninth Realm Martial Saints formed World Seeds, cultivated them through Land Reclamation, and drew Source Qi from stabilized Small Worlds.
• Wushi said the Ancient Domain had no inheritance of Class Six Star Martial Artists and suggested that powerful existences might have erased it.

After the Gan Family withdrew, Lin Yi traded Talent Stones for Martial Saint Pills, cleared black qi from twelve ninth-realm Martial Saints, and sent his subordinates to hunt the remaining Wizards. The chapter left Lin Yi watching Garier demonstrate how black qi contaminated and consumed Profound Yellow Qi.

• Gan Xiaolie ordered the Gan Family to return, dismissing Gan Poqiong's arguments about recovering the Demigod Artifact and pursuing Profound Yellow Qi.
• Lin Yi set Talent Stones as payment for clearing black qi, refused to change his exchange rate for Tuoba Kuan, and removed the black qi from twelve ninth-realm Martial Saints.
• Lin Yi learned that Zun Sheng's Small World still needed Profound Yellow Qi and wondered whether Wu Shi had used the Profound Yellow Qi they had obtained together.
• Lin Yi summoned his North Guard subordinates and sent them in two teams to kill the Wizards still hiding in the Ancient Domain.
• Garier showed Lin Yi an experiment in which black qi fused with Profound Yellow Qi and rapidly decayed it into purer black qi.

Lin Yi studied black qi, examined the Demon Dragon Yao Emperor’s remains, and advanced his Wizard training while waiting for the Ancient Secret Realm to open. Chen Muer and the others then returned with a Wizard who had a special identity.

• Garier explained that black qi could corrupt Profound Yellow Qi and proposed combining purified black qi with the Necrotic Bone Yao God to threaten a ninth-realm Martial Saint, and Lin Yi ordered him to keep the black qi secret.
• Lin Yi examined the Demon Dragon Yao Emperor’s remains and learned that they possessed an unknown-grade talent called [Bloodline Sovereign], too high a grade for his Universal Talent to record.
• Lin Yi mastered the [Crescent Moon Meditation Method], prepared Wizard potions, and refined high-quality Star Water as he worked toward becoming a five-star Wizard.
• Over three days, Chen Muer and the others captured and killed several five-star Wizards, while Lin Yi rejected former Martial Saint allies who wanted to return to the North Guard Prefecture.
• As Lin Yi waited for the Ancient Secret Realm to open, Chen Muer and the others brought back a Wizard with a special identity.

Lin Yi met Griffith, a fellow Blue Star Newborn who had entered the Ancient Domain disguised as a Shaman, and learned that Griffith wanted help obtaining a slot in the Ancient Secret Realm. They exchanged information about Profound Yellow Qi, legendary Shaman breakthroughs, and the Apocalypse Continent, but Lin Yi refused to promise Griffith a slot.

• Lin Yi recognized Griffith and learned that Griffith had entered the Ancient Domain under a false identity and sent him the Ancient Secret Realm map.
• Griffith offered Lin Yi Profound Yellow Qi in exchange for help securing a Secret Realm Slot.
• Lin Yi and Griffith exchanged intelligence about six-star professions, the missing Ancient Domain inheritance, and the Apocalypse Continent.
• Griffith asked Lin Yi to obtain a slot using the reclaimed places of missing Southern Domain Great Shamans, but Lin Yi said he could not secure one for him.

Lin Yi and Griffith infiltrated Great Shaman Bruce’s residence so Griffith could enter the Ancient Secret Realm by taking Bruce’s place. With Gallier’s help, Lin Yi broke through Bruce’s defenses and pinned him with the Primal Chaos Stabilizing Bead, leaving the plan poised for its next step.

• Griffith offered Lin Yi another portion of Profound Yellow Qi for help entering the Ancient Secret Realm, and Lin Yi agreed to target a Great Shaman hostile to Newborns.
• Lin Yi and Griffith disguised themselves and headed to Bruce’s residence, where they found a hidden Shadow Void Shield Shaman Array protecting it.
• Lin Yi summoned Gallier, who recognized the array as one he had taught Bruce and began exploiting its remaining flaw.
• As the array failed, Lin Yi sensed Bruce in an underground room attempting to extract the Black Qi through a blood sacrifice ritual.
• Lin Yi used the Primal Chaos Stabilizing Bead to shatter Bruce’s defensive Shaman Artifacts and pin him before he could summon his Shaman Tower.

Lin Yi captured Bruce and used a Demon Taming Spirit Seed to bring the Bloodline Great Shaman under his control, while Griffis took Bruce’s place and killed his disciples. Bruce revealed his Hundred Beasts Shaman Tower to Lin Yi, who discovered its thirty-three overlapping worlds were home to many Spirit Beasts.

• Lin Yi trapped Bruce, gave Griffis Shaman Artifacts, and received two portions of Profound Yellow Qi in return.
• Griffis disguised himself as Bruce, lured Bruce’s disciples into the Shaman Array, and killed them.
• Lin Yi interrogated Bruce in the Spirit Vine World and used a God-Extinguishing pill to plant a Demon Taming Spirit Seed in his sea of consciousness.
• Bruce handed over his treasures and summoned the Hundred Beasts Shaman Tower to the Central Mountain Range.
• Bruce showed Lin Yi the tower’s thirty-three overlapping worlds, including a vast grassland populated by Spirit Beasts.

Bruce explained how he created Bloodline Beasts and demonstrated his powerful three-headed serpent transformation to Lin Yi. Lin Yi examined Bruce’s Bloodline Factors research and learned that extracting the Factors from his own Sequencer inheritance would require him to lose his vitality, prompting Gael to accuse Bruce of ill intent.

• Bruce told Lin Yi that he created Bloodline Beasts by implanting Monster Bloodline Factors into ordinary animal embryos.
• Bruce transformed into a towering three-headed serpent and claimed he had defeated two Envoy Demon Gods in that form.
• Gael challenged Bruce’s ranking and warned that his transformed body could not fight for long, but backed down from a duel.
• Bruce explained that his transformation relied on scarce Bloodline Factors and demonstrated how he refined them from a four-star Demon King.
• Bruce said Lin Yi’s Sequencer Bloodline Factors were fused within his inheritance and could only be extracted at the cost of his vitality.
• Gael accused Bruce of harboring ill intent and urged Lin Yi to favor Necromancy Witchcraft.

Lin Yi joined the gathered Martial Saints, Witches, and Demon Gods as the Ancient Secret Realm opened, while Gu Chaokuang urged him to claim his place as the Ancient Domain's successor. With all twenty-eight slots accounted for, the group prepared to enter the realm and received warnings about its outer region.

• Lin Yi's Witch realm reached four stars, and he completed his natal witchcraft before learning that the Ancient Secret Realm had opened.
• Gu Chaokuang told Lin Yi to step forward as his chosen successor and said they would help remove obstacles while they remained in the Ancient Domain.
• Six Southern Domain Witches and four Envoy Demon Gods arrived, and Lin Yi declined Bu Hui Li's proposal to explore the secret realm together.
• Wushi informed Lin Yi that exactly twenty-eight Secret Realm Slots were available, and Lin Yi relayed the news to Gu Chaokuang.
• Gu Chaokuang led the entrants to the expanded passage, where Venerable Saint warned the Demon Gods to leave the Ancient Domain's young talents in the outer region undisturbed.

Lin Yi and the other quota holders entered the Ancient Secret Realm, where Lin Yi used his Token to reach one of the stars and discovered a grove of unusual fruits. He uprooted the grove and sent it to the Spirit Vine World for transplanting.

• Wushi distributed twenty-eight Tokens and warned everyone not to bring living beings stored in their spaces into the secret realm.
• The Southern Domain Great Shamans and the Supreme Demon Domain Honored Demons entered first after agreeing to search the Sea of Stars.
• The Venerable Saint forbade the Ancient Domain Martial Saints from fighting among themselves, and they entered the secret realm in turn.
• Lin Yi entered alone, followed the aura in his Token through the outer region, and arrived on one of the enormous stars.
• Lin Yi identified the grove's crimson fruit as Fusion Fruit and uprooted the trees to transplant them into the Spirit Vine World.