Chapter Summaries

Zhou Huan suspected Lin Yi of carrying ties to the Ancient Clan and pulled him into his Inner World to investigate. After learning Lin Yi had no Ancient Clan bloodline, Zhou Huan warned that the Martial Dao Domain inheritance could put him in danger and left Lin Yi to hear his proposal.

• Zhou Huan questioned Lin Yi about the slash that created the Ten Thousand Zhang Ravine and warned Steward Lan he would avenge his former wife and child if Lin Yi had Ancient Clan blood.
• Zhou Huan used his Emperor Law to draw Lin Yi into his Spirit Vine World despite Steward Lan’s protests.
• Zhou Huan demanded to know whether Lin Yi had Ancient Clan bloodline and asked him to explain the origins of his Martial Dao Domain inheritance.
• Lin Yi recounted Gu Xianhe’s history and said his wife, a descendant of Gu Xianhe, was the source of the Ancient Clan aura on him.
• Zhou Huan tested Lin Yi’s blood, found no Ancient Clan bloodline, and warned that the inheritance could attract the Ancient Clan’s attention.
• Lin Yi recognized Zhou Huan’s attempt to recruit him for protection and asked him to state his purpose directly.

Zhou Huan forced Lin Yi to join the Seventh Vein and took him away from the stronghold. When other Starfall Academy elders arrived to recruit Lin Yi, they learned Zhou Huan had already claimed him and turned their attention to Fu Dao.

• Zhou Huan told Lin Yi about the Ten Veins and forced him to join the Seventh Vein, rating him mid-tier A.
• Zhou Huan released Lin Yi, explained his early recruitment to the Preparatory Students, and left with him through the Teleportation Array.
• Ming Yao explained the Ten Veins to the other students and said the Seventh Vein specialized in farming.
• Several elders arrived to recruit Lin Yi, but Steward Lan told them Zhou Huan had already taken him away.
• The elders cursed Zhou Huan, then remembered Fu Dao and turned their attention to him.

Lin Yi traveled with Zhou Huan through the Tidal Spirit Realm to Starfall Academy in the Guixu Realm, learning about the Source Realm’s occupation of the realm and the benefits and costs of becoming Seventh Vein Master. They arrived at the academy’s realm, where Lin Yi adjusted to its heavy gravity and prepared to compete for the position.

• Lin Yi and Zhou Huan passed through the Tidal Spirit Realm, where Zhou Huan explained that the Guixu Realm had been occupied by the Source Realm and became Starfall Academy’s location.
• Zhou Huan described the Seventh Vein Master position and promised Lin Yi resources, while Lin Yi explained that his powerful move consumed a Divine Artifact.
• Lin Yi persuaded Zhou Huan to give him an Ancient Small Knife Divine Artifact, which Lin Yi thought he might bring under his control by nurturing its Artifact Spirit.
• Lin Yi and Zhou Huan arrived in the Great Ruin Realm, and Lin Yi adapted to its unusually strong gravity.
• Zhou Huan told Lin Yi to win the Vein Master position through his own efforts, and Lin Yi admitted he was cursing Zhou Huan in his heart.

Lin Yi arrived in the Great Ruin Realm with Zhou Huan and met Elder Ding, who tried to recruit him into his own branch of Seventh Vein. Zhou Huan stopped the poaching and took Lin Yi to Seventh Vein Island to register as an official Academy disciple.

• Zhou Huan introduced Lin Yi to another Seventh Vein elder and claimed Lin Yi would become the generation’s Vein Master, while the elder warned that other elders had recruited several geniuses with legendary talents.
• Elder Ding brought his three specially recruited disciples onto the island, gave them pills to withstand the Great Ruin Realm’s gravity, and offered to provide for Lin Yi if he joined his branch.
• Zhou Huan vanished, and Elder Ding told Lin Yi that Zhou Huan had likely gone to recruit talented disciples before inviting Lin Yi to join his own branch.
• Zhou Huan returned and accused Elder Ding of trying to poach Lin Yi, then assured Lin Yi that no other recruit would surpass him in his plans.
• Zhou Huan took Lin Yi across space to Seventh Vein Island, a vast, forest-covered island, to register him as an official Academy disciple.

Lin Yi completed his Starfall Academy registration and discovered he had received a huge credit reward alongside his enrollment benefits. The chapter ended as he examined his special recruitment rewards, including training to become a Spirit Planter.

• Zhou Huan explained how Starfall Academy's eleven islands were arranged and brought Lin Yi to the registration hall on Seventh Vein Island.
• Zhou Huan took Elder Ding's Mechanical Armor New Machine so Lin Yi could confirm his enrollment information, while the other specially recruited disciples let him go first.
• Lin Yi saw that Lord Time Master had awarded him 100,000 credits for crippling an Emperor-level evil creature and kept his surprise hidden from Zhou Huan.
• Zhou Huan stamped Lin Yi's information, confirming his mid-tier A rating and revealing his privileges, Seed Quota rewards, and special recruitment rewards.
• Lin Yi read that his special recruitment rewards included a Heaven-tier Spirit Planter's Farming Manual, Red-grade Growth-Inducing Green Liquid, and a Red-grade Spirit Root.

Lin Yi officially joined the Seventh Vein and followed Zhou Huan to Starfall Academy’s main campus, where he learned about its islands and upcoming tests. He agreed to compete in the remaining rounds for a chance at the True Realm of Heavenly Palace and secured Zhou Huan’s promise of resources if he placed in the top three.

• Lin Yi considered the Seventh Vein’s Spirit Planter rewards, then left with Zhou Huan for the Academy’s main campus.
• Elder Ding acknowledged the gap between Lin Yi and his specially recruited students after seeing footage of Lin Yi crippling an Emperor Rank evil creature.
• Zhou Huan explained the Starfall Realm’s Floating Islands, the Academy tests, and the limited slots for the True Realm of Heavenly Palace.
• Lin Yi learned that he would need to perform well in the remaining tests to contend for Seventh Vein Master and qualify for a Heavenly Palace slot.
• Zhou Huan promised to cover the resources for two basic World Law secret techniques if Lin Yi placed in the top three in the next two rounds.

After reaching Starfall Academy, Lin Yi settled into a temporary residence and learned about the Academy’s organization and the competition facing preparatory students. Lumba reunited with him, shared news about the upcoming trial, and repaid Lin Yi with a rare Lava Heart.

• A residential-area steward escorted Lin Yi to a mountain pavilion reserved for mid-tier A students and gave him a wristband with information about the First Floating Island.
• Lin Yi used his wristband to study Starfall Academy’s structure, including the Ten Veins, the Starfall Research Institute, the Management Institute, and the Outer War Palace.
• Lin Yi received a message from Lumba and met him in the General Residential Area, where Lumba described joining the Black Alliance and hearing that the thirty-two Seed Quotas had largely gone to mid-tier A geniuses.
• Lumba told Lin Yi that the second Academy trial might pit preparatory students against candidates from Ascension City and smaller worlds, then confirmed Lin Yi was the student who had nearly split an Emperor Rank Evil Creature.
• Lumba offered Lin Yi a rare Lava Heart to repay him for saving his life, and Lin Yi accepted it after initially refusing.

Lin Yi reunited with Ling Shanshan, Ming Yao, and Fu Dao at the Academy and discussed cooperating to earn a chance to enter the True Realm of Heavenly Palace. He proposed that the four of them share the World Law secret techniques they obtained.

• Lin Yi declined an invitation to join the Preparatory Student Alliance and returned to his mountaintop residence.
• Lin Yi met Ling Shanshan and Ming Yao, who had both received mid-tier A ratings; Ming Yao said the Academy Research Institute had selected them at Stronghold 703.
• Fu Dao arrived, and the four chose nearby pavilion residences before gathering at Lin Yi's home.
• Ming Yao suggested they cooperate to compete for a slot in the True Realm of Heavenly Palace, which was said to open once every hundred thousand years and hold resources valuable to Emperor level experts.
• Lin Yi explained that they needed strong results in the Academy's remaining tests to improve their chances, then proposed sharing the World Law secret techniques they obtained.

Lin Yi, Fu Dao, Ming Yao, and Ling Shanshan agreed to exchange World Law secret techniques, with the shared techniques restricted to the four of them. They began comparing what each had brought, and Ling Shanshan ended the chapter by producing eight Spirit Books.

• Ling Shanshan warned that some of her World Secret Techniques could not be passed on, and Lin Yi proposed limiting the exchange to the four of them.
• Fu Dao agreed to the arrangement, while Ming Yao asked Lin Yi to help him obtain a Spirit Root for cultivating the Innate Spirit Root Secret Art.
• Lin Yi shared ten foundational and twelve non-essential techniques left by the Mysterious Blood Man, but Ming Yao judged them outdated or of little value.
• Ming Yao offered the perfect Primordial Chaos World Fetal Membrane Method and complete versions of the Clear-Turbid Separation Method and Vast Sea Wave Generation Technique, which Lin Yi memorized.
• Fu Dao admitted he had no World Secret Techniques to contribute, and Ming Yao then asked Ling Shanshan to share hers.
• Ling Shanshan complained that the exchange offered her little in return, then produced eight Spirit Books containing World Law secret techniques.

Ling Shanshan shared rare World Law secret techniques with Lin Yi, Ming Yao, and Fu Dao, revealing the strength of her connections. The group agreed to make Lin Yi their captain and Ling Shanshan their vice-captain as they prepared for the Academy’s remaining tests.

• Ling Shanshan produced eight World Law secret techniques, including the rare World Rule Structure Method, and the group studied and memorized them.
• Lin Yi recognized that the World Rule Structure Method shared a principle with his Martial Dao Domain, while the group counted ten of the thirteen essential techniques among their combined collection.
• Ling Shanshan revealed that she had gathered all thirteen basic essential secret techniques, prompting Lin Yi to guess that she was a princess of the Spirit Realm.
• Ming Yao proposed that Lin Yi lead their squad because of the power of his blade strike, and Fu Dao agreed.
• Ling Shanshan insisted on becoming vice-captain, and Ming Yao and Fu Dao accepted her demand.

Lin Yi weighed two World Fetal Membrane techniques and asked Zhou Huan for advice before starting World Law cultivation. Zhou Huan arrived to explain the nature of an Emperor Rank expert’s Inner World and showed Lin Yi his World Fetal Membrane.

• Lin Yi celebrated forming a four-person team with Ling Shanshan and their companions, then entered his pavilion’s cultivation room to study two World Fetal Membrane techniques.
• Lin Yi considered choosing between the Primordial Chaos Version and Spirit Devouring Version and messaged Zhou Huan for advice.
• Zhou Huan warned Lin Yi that World Law cultivation was irreversible and that Lin Yi needed to understand the Inner World he wished to create.
• Zhou Huan brought Lin Yi into his Inner World and showed him the vast, golden World Fetal Membrane, which drew in chaotic currents from the Outer Realm.

Lin Yi explored Zhou Huan’s Emperor Rank Inner World and learned about the Seventh Vein’s Innate Spirit Root Secret Art. Zhou Huan refused to give him a Bloodline Tracing Fruit, but offered to lend him one if Lin Yi took first place among Starfall Academy’s newcomers.

• Zhou Huan explained that a cultivator’s talent and compatibility mattered more to an Inner World’s potential than which version of the World Law secret techniques they used.
• Zhou Huan brought Lin Yi into his complete Inner World, where Lin Yi spotted a nearly mature Bloodline Tracing Fruit tree.
• Zhou Huan described the Innate Spirit Root Secret Art, its priceless Emperor Rank fruits, and the Earth’s Breath Soil needed to cultivate it.
• Lin Yi asked for a fruit, but Zhou Huan refused and said he might lend him one if Lin Yi won first place among Starfall Academy’s newcomers.
• Zhou Huan showed Lin Yi around his world and advised him to master the thirteen essential World Law secret arts before cultivating the World Law secret techniques.

Lin Yi explored Starfall Academy’s Trading Zone, sold resources, and bought materials for the World Fetal Membrane Secret Art at great expense. He then encountered a seller offering Immortal Pills for Academy credits, a price most new students could not afford.

• Lin Yi spent more than ten thousand Void Crystal Coins buying materials for the World Fetal Membrane Secret Art, bringing the total cost of the materials to nearly sixty thousand coins.
• Fu Dao watched Lin Yi’s purchases enviously, since he had fewer than ten thousand Void Crystal Coins and was unwilling to sell his Earth’s Breath Soil.
• Lin Yi and Fu Dao saw a new student offer three high-grade Immortal Pills for three thousand Starfall Academy credits each.
• The gathered students protested the price and one offered Void Crystal Coins, but the seller insisted that he would accept only Academy credits.

Lin Yi bought three superior-grade Immortal Pills from a New Student stall owner after official disciples tried to seize them and Niu Chuangchuang intervened. As Lin Yi prepared to leave with the pills, a burly figure accused him of stealing them.

• Official disciples tried to force the stall owner to sell all three Immortal Pills cheaply, but Niu Chuangchuang stepped in and drove them away.
• Niu Chuangchuang asked to buy the pills on credit, but the stall owner refused and then announced they had been reserved.
• Ming Yao realized Lin Yi had reserved the pills, and Lin Yi met the stall owner privately to negotiate their price.
• Lin Yi paid 2,800 Academy credits per pill, received the Glazed Gourd for free, and confirmed the pills were genuine.
• A burly figure blocked Lin Yi and accused him of stealing the Immortal Pills.

Lin Yi challenged Niu Chuangchuang to a body-refinement duel over three Immortal Pills, with Niu Chuangchuang wagering a Bodhi Fruit. They headed to the Arena, where news of the match drew a crowd of New Students.

• Niu Chuangchuang confronted Lin Yi and demanded the Immortal Pills, but Lin Yi refused to give them up.
• Lin Yi proposed a body-refinement contest, and Niu Chuangchuang offered a Bodhi Fruit against Lin Yi's three Immortal Pills.
• Lin Yi added that neither fighter could concede until blood was drawn, and Niu Chuangchuang agreed.
• Lin Yi and Niu Chuangchuang went to the First Floating Island Arena, where New Students gathered and discussed the duel and a betting pool.

Lin Yi and Niu Chuangchuang fought a contest of physical strength in the Arena, drawing a crowd of new students. After Niu Chuangchuang revealed his Innate Dragon-Tiger Golden Body and gained the advantage, Lin Yi caught his fist head-on, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Lin Yi delayed the match until Steward Qiu Feng arrived to referee and explain the rules.
• Lin Yi and Niu Chuangchuang began a close-quarters battle, relying only on their physical strength.
• Niu Chuangchuang revealed his Innate Dragon-Tiger Golden Body, grew thirty feet tall, and increased his strength enough to drive Lin Yi back.
• Lin Yi countered Niu Chuangchuang's attacks with superior close-combat skill, frustrating him.
• Lin Yi enlarged his body and caught Niu Chuangchuang's punch, astonishing the crowd with his overwhelming strength.

Lin Yi challenged Niu Chuangchuang to test his newly fused Indestructible Battle Body and copy Niu’s Innate Dragon-Tiger Golden Body. Niu revealed a powerful second form, turning their bout into an even clash that left the referee and spectators unsure who would win.

• Lin Yi explained that he had fused Indestructible Battle Body · Red from numerous physique talents and used its strength to suppress Niu Chuangchuang.
• Niu Chuangchuang questioned Lin Yi about his body refinement, and Lin Yi said he cultivated the Ten Realms Body Refining Method.
• Niu Chuangchuang rejected defeat and unleashed the second form of his Innate Dragon-Tiger Golden Body, breaking free and sending Lin Yi flying.
• Niu Chuangchuang attacked with golden dragon claws and tiger fists, forcing Lin Yi to fight seriously as they traded powerful blows.
• Qiu Feng worried he could not stop the fighters if they lost control, while the students watched their evenly matched battle.

Lin Yi and Niu Chuangchuang fought to a standstill in the Arena as students watched and assessed their strength. Lin Yi sought Niu Chuangchuang’s Bodhi Fruit, while Niu Chuangchuang offered it and Thunder Sound Realm Holy Water Spirit Liquid in exchange for Lin Yi losing to him later.

• Preparatory Students and students from minor realms and Ascension City watched Lin Yi and Niu Chuangchuang fight, while Chen Lin wondered if Lin Yi was connected to his missing master.
• Lin Yi and Niu Chuangchuang broke through each other’s defenses but recovered from their injuries, and Niu Chuangchuang asked to call the fight a draw.
• Lin Yi refused to stop and demanded that Niu Chuangchuang admit defeat and leave behind the Bodhi Fruit.
• Niu Chuangchuang offered the worm-eaten Bodhi Fruit and Thunder Sound Realm Holy Water Spirit Liquid in exchange for Lin Yi losing to him later, explaining that he had come to Starfall Academy to bring glory to the Thunder Sound Realm.

Lin Yi conceded his match with Niu Chuangchuang after privately arranging compensation, then met Three-Eyed Zhao Ruoming, who again tried to recruit him into the Spiritual Eye Alliance. Lin Yi rejected the offer and left Zhao’s leadership ambitions unchallenged.

• Lin Yi and Niu Chuangchuang struck a private deal for a Bodhi Fruit, Holy Water Spirit Liquid, and Thunder Sound Realm’s Ancient Buddha Body Refining Method in exchange for Lin Yi conceding their match.
• Lin Yi deliberately let Niu Chuangchuang’s attack graze him, conceded, and Qiu Feng declared Niu Chuangchuang the winner as spectators complained about their lost bets.
• Lin Yi met Ming Yao and Fu Dao, learned that Ming Yao had wagered on him, and joked that he would recover Ming Yao’s lost Void Crystal Coins from Niu Chuangchuang.
• Three-Eyed Zhao Ruoming approached Lin Yi and praised his match before inviting him to join the Spiritual Eye Alliance.
• Lin Yi refused to join Zhao’s alliance, rebuked a disciple who challenged him, and declined Zhao’s offer to yield the alliance leadership to him.

Lin Yi learned that Chen Lin, a disciple from the Savage Realm, had been selected by Starfall Academy and brought him to his residence to hear what had happened. Chen Lin gave Lin Yi a bracelet containing a Sun Fire Divine Ability Seed and abundant Immortal Pill materials, and Lin Yi discovered it was sealed with his own Source Qi.

• Zhao Ruoming offered Lin Yi advance information about Starfall Academy's second-round test, and Lin Yi asked Ming Yao to investigate the source.
• Chen Lin approached Lin Yi as his senior brother, and Lin Yi took him back to his residence to speak privately.
• Chen Lin explained that he had passed the Academy selection in the Savage Realm and ranked last among the three new students given Class A ratings.
• Chen Lin gave Lin Yi the Storage Iron Bracelet that Qi Tiannan had sent for his master, and Lin Yi told Chen Lin to stay and cultivate for the next few days.
• Lin Yi found his Source Qi sealed inside the bracelet, opened it, and saw a huge store of Immortal Pill materials.